419 scam: katrine douglas <katrinedouglas89@yahoo.com.ph> HI

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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: katrine douglas <katrinedouglas89@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: sophia.william42@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:29:48 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: HI

Hai Friend,

I have the feeling that this piece of mail will reach you in a perfect state of mind and in a better healthy condition. While searching through the directory yellow page of your country, I came across your contact address,All do it might be strange but understand that Internet is like a global connective one village. I believe and also have the feeling that in today's world, neither race, sex, age, nationality nor religion will any longer posse a barrier to male/female relationships.

Although, we do not know each other well but I will really like to have you as a friend or pen pal if that is better for you. I am a single lady of 25 years old, a citizen of the United States of America residing in Wellington Square OXFORD and currently studying international relations at the University of Oxford (UOA) UK. Presently, I am preparing for my final exam in the University and so anxious to graduate from the University into the free world. While I hope to hear from you soon,

I also look forward to receiving some information concerning you, your family, country and even your personal life experiences.This will give us the opportunity of knowing each other better and be able to understand ourselves more.

Thanks.

Yours new friend.

Sophia

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