419 scam: cynthia jude <cynthiaandjude005@att.net> Nice to meet you,

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- cynthiababyand001@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: cynthia jude <cynthiaandjude005@att.net>
Reply-To: cynthiababyand001@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:23:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Nice to meet you,

Nice
to meet you,
How are you and how is your work? i hope that all is
well with
you, My name is Cynthia,i know that you may be suprise how i get your
email, i got your email today when i was browsing looking for honest
partner,then i feel to drop this few line to you , and i will like you
to contact me through my email cynthiababyand001@hotmail.com) so that we
can know each other and exchange our pictures, and we may become
partner.

Remember the distance does not matter what matters is
the love we share with each other.

i am waiting to hear from you
soon on cynthiababyand001@hotmail.com.
Cynthia

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