419 scam: mercyomaro <omaromercy@yahoo.co.uk> Hello Seeking for friendship

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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 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.
- omaromercy@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mercyomaro <omaromercy@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:07:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello Seeking for friendship

Hallo

Ich suche für Freundschaft
Mein Name
ist Miss Barmherzigkeit, wie ich mein Gebet heute Abend flüstern und
ging in die Suche nach
einen netten
Freund in (Internet) () Ich kam in Ihrer Kontaktliste, Mein Geist und
mein Herz sagte mir,
kontaktieren Sie
für Freundschaft, Ein Freund, der wirklich zu verstehen, seine Freundin
und teilen ihre
Gefühle zusammen. bitte bitte akzeptieren Sie meine Anfrage, glaube
ich, dass die Entfernung oder Alter und Religion kann nie
eine Barriere, sondern lasst uns Liebe verbinden uns
denn die Liebe ist eine Brücke, die Ferne verbunden
die Nähe zu einander, werde ich mehr Bilder umgehend
mit Ihnen sende ich Ihre Antwort erhalten auf meine E-Mail-Adresse


omaromercy@yahoo.co.uk

       Mit

freundlichen Grüßen in Love,
            Barmherzigkeit

Hello Seeking for
friendship
My name is Miss mercy, As I whisper my prayer tonight and
went into search for
a nice friend in (internet)() I came across your
contact,My mind and my heart
told me to
contact you for friendship, A friend who truly understand
his or her friend and share their
feelings together. please
kindly
accept my request, I believe that distance or age and religion can never
be

a barrier but let's love connect us because love is a bridge that
connected far distance
to be close to each other, I will send more
pictures to you immediately i receive your reply at my email address


omaromercy@yahoo.co.uk


yours In Love,
            mercy

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