419 scam: Miss Lucy <miss.lucy22@att.net> Hallo Liebe.

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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Lucy <miss.lucy22@att.net>
Reply-To: miss.lucy22@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:38:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hallo Liebe.

Hello Dear.

How are you and your family? As it is my great pleasure to contact you in having communication with you, please i wish you will have the desire with me so that we can get to know each other better and see what happened in future,beside i have a special issue to discuss with you on a very serious note. Hope to hear from you soon. I will tell you more about my self when you reply me. All I need is your understanding and interest for more information about me..

Take care as I wait for your response.
Yours Lucy.

Hallo Liebe.

Wie geht es Ihnen und Ihrer Familie? Als es mir eine große Freude, Sie in Kommunikation mit Ihnen in Verbindung setzen wird, bitte ich wünsche Ihnen die Lust mit mir zu haben, so dass wir uns gegenseitig besser kennen lernen und sehen, was passiert in Zukunft, neben habe ich eine besondere Frage zu diskutieren, mit Ihnen auf eine sehr ernste Note. Hoffe bald von Ihnen zu hören. Ich werde Ihnen sagen mehr über mich selbst, wenn Sie mir antworten. Alles was ich brauche ist Ihr Verständnis und Interesse für weitere Informationen über mich ..

Achten Sie darauf, wie ich warten auf Ihre Antwort.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lucy.

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