419 scam: Teresita Reyes <lucenamanimtim@voila.fr> Hello 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Teresita Reyes <lucenamanimtim@voila.fr>
Reply-To: t.reyes028@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:53:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,
My Name is Teresita Reyes,the wife of the former Philippine Defense secretary Mr. Angelo Tomas Reyes Who died on the 7th Feb 2011.

Before his death, he gave me the total sum of US$5,200,000 (Five , two million united states dollars) and asks me to put it in a metallic box, then deposit it in a security and finance company in London England.

I did deposit the total sum as he gave it to me under a secret arrangement as a family valuable. This means that the security company does not know the content of this metallic box.
Since the death of my late husband, the philippine state government has blocked i and my late husband accounts through the help of my late husband family. Also my late husband brothers has succeeded in collecting from me all our properties that is under my control and they are still threaten me.
Therefore I am contacting you to help me secure the money from the security company where i deposited the fund. Since my late husband family made it impossible for me to move around or travel out of philippine.

If you can help me secure this money and keep this transaction confidence between us, I am willing to give you 10% percent of the total sum in that box after you have successfully secured it.
This transaction is 100% risk free.
Best regards
Teresita Reyes

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