419 scam: Zainab Adams <zainablove1@att.net> Hello Dear,

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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: Zainab Adams <zainablove1@att.net>
Reply-To: adams.zainab@yahoo.in
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:09:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,

Good morning, or whatever the
weather may be there, how is the weather in your country, my name is
Zainab I'm tall and pretty girl who just decided to drop you a few words
just to say hello and how was your day, i saw your profile would like
to know more about you, please, I will be very happy if you can answer
me so we can go further to know each other, we can be good friends.
write me directly to my email box, Hope to hear from you.

yours Zainab

....................................................................................................................................

Hallo Liebe,
Guten Morgen, oder was auch immer das Wetter es sein kann, wie ist das Wetter in Ihrem Land, mein Name ist Zainab Ich bin groß und hübsches Mädchen, die gerade beschlossen, Sie fallen ein paar Worte nur um Hallo zu sagen und wie war dein Tag, ich sah Ihr Profil würde gerne mehr über Sie, Sie sollten wissen, ich werde mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie mir antworten kann, so können wir weiter gehen einander kennen, können wir gute Freunde sein. schreiben Sie mir direkt an meine E-Mail-Box, Hoffnung, von Ihnen zu hören.
Ihre Zainab

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