419 scam: Mina Agurma <mina.agurma@yahoo.com> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hej=2C_jag_=E4r

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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.
- julietsamuel25@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mina Agurma <mina.agurma@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: julietsamuel25@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:11:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hej=2C_jag_=E4r_Julia!?=

Hej, jag är Julia!
vänligen hur mår du, hoppas du har det bra och i perfekt skick hälsa. Jag
gick igenom din profil och jag läste den och tog intresset för den,
vänligen om du inte misstycker jag kommer att gilla dig för att skriva
mig på den här ID (julietsamuel25@yahoo.com) hoppas att höra från dig
snart, och jag kommer att väntar på ditt mail eftersom jag har något mycket viktigt att berätta. Aldrig i mina vildaste drömmar hade jag någonsin tror att det någonsin skulle hända. Jag har aldrig förväntas sjunka så djupt förälskad så fort. Det hela började efter att ha läst profil först.
Massor av kärlek Juliet!
kontakta mig med detta mail (julietsamuel25@yahoo.com)

Hi, I am Juliet!

please how are
you, hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health. I went
through your profile and I read it and took interest in it,please if
you don't mind I will like you to write me on this ID
(julietsamuel25@yahoo.com)hope to hear from you soon,and I will be
waiting for your mail because I have something VERY important to tell
you. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever believe this would ever
happen. I never expected to fall so deeply in love so fast. It all
started after reading profile first.

Lots of love Juliet!

please contact me with this email(julietsamuel25@yahoo.com)

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