419 scam: cynthia john <cynthiajohn08@yahoo.com> Hello my 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:

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.
- cynthiajohn08@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: cynthia john <cynthiajohn08@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:37:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello my Dear,

Hello my Dear,

How
are you today, i hope that you are doing fine as i am feeling you

allso,
My name is, Miss cynthia, I am very tall good looking perfect
body
figure

girl
kind ,sincere and I fear God and
worship
GOD
so much and
prayers.worshiping GOD make me happy. Dear it
was very great when i got your profiles and i feal a great joy in my
heart
whithing me to be

interested on you despite that i have not
seen
you in person but your profiles really gave me a
nice pleasure to communicate with you. and I hope you will be the true
loving, honest and caring man that I have been looking for, And I have
something special to tell you about me, So please contact me
directly through my
emailaddress ; cynthiajohn08@yahoo.com

so that I can also send my
picture directly to you.Send your email to my emailis address; donâ€™t let
me down. I will be waiting for your response, I hug you,cynthia.

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