419 scam: "Mrs.Sandy Sobczynski"<sandysobb@ovi.com> Greetings from Sandy SOBCZYNSKI

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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 "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Sandy Sobczynski" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info_info@voila.fr>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 10:07:08 +0700
Subject: Greetings from Sandy SOBCZYNSKI

Greetings to you,

I believe, you will not turn this request down if not for any reason but for the sake of my five (5) years old adopted child. My name is Mrs.Sandy Sobczynski, I am married to Mr.Sobek Sobczynski who died of diabetes in October 2007. We were married for twenty years.
Recently my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer infection and partial stroke which worries me most, Actually i don't know whom you are neither do i have any knowledge of your goodself nor do i consider risking the sum of ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND dollars (1.850,000.00 USD) in your hand, i only asked for your help to take care of my child and her education and upbrining, i hope i can entrust her to you and the money, please do reply so i can give you the bank information to contact them on how to proceed.

Thanks and waiting to read from you soonest.

Mrs.Sandy Sobczynski

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