419 scam: "Mrs Christine"<mrschristine108@yahoo.in> Sir / Madam

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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 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)
- "christ1n0@activist.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Christine" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrschristinel08@yahoo.in>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:01:19 +0900
Subject: Sir / Madam

From: Mrs. Christine Baker
UN Genocide Crime Investigator
Office Address - New Delhi India
E-mail: christ1n0@activist.com

Dear: Sir/Madam,

My name is Mrs. Christine Baker, UN Humanitarian genocide crime investigator base in India.
On behalf of my colleague, I seek for your utmost confident to secure and accommodate Eleven Million Dollars [$ 11 Million Dollars Only]. We solemnly agreed to offer you 25% of the entire sum as gratification.
The money in question is sourced to us by a particular head of state as a gesture to prevent us from revealing a crime of genocide proves we had against him in 2010.

But in line with the moral principal of our services, we are forbidden to neither accept gift of any kind during investigation nor own more than 10,000 USD in our respective bank account, hence our plea to be represented by you to accommodate the funds for us. The money has already been moved into a private security company.

We count on your ability to accommodate the funds for us until we are able to process our resignation successfully in the near future.

If you are interested to help us please provide me with the following in return email:

1) Your Full Name.
2) Your Residential or Company Address.
3) Your Private Mobile, Telephone and Fax numbers where you can be reached at all time.

As soon as I hear from you, further details regarding the transaction will be unveiled to you and details of the company holding the deposit.

Yours Sincerely.
Mrs. Christine Baker

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