419 scam: Rosling Sankoh <aliya_mrs@yahoo.fr> Hello Good Afternoon 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:

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: Rosling Sankoh <aliya_mrs@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: sankoh_efu@yahoo.co.th
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:45:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello Good Afternoon My Dear,

Dear,

How are you today I hope all is well with you and your family?Please forgive my indignation if this message comes to you by surprise,if it may offend your personality for my contacting you without your prior,but I don't know why i have not here from you because this is my second E-mail to you,really that you don't know me but i am in need of your help because of the Political Crisis that is going on here now,

Once again I am Mrs Rosline Efu Sankoh the wife of late Aliya Forday Sankoh the Director of Gold and Diamond mining Company in Sierra Leone,really you don't know me but i need your help to move out the Save Funds of my late husband to your care for safety and for investment over there?honestly I independently writing you this letter because believing that my spirit need your urgent help and i promise you that you will never regret having relationship with me,if you don't mind i will give you more details as soon as i hear from you because this is a Business that i will like to do with you,

Yours Faithfully

Waiting to hear from you

Mrs Rosline Efu Sankoh,

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