419 scam: "Anastasia Da Paxiao" <anastasia.dpaxiao@yahoo.com> Good afternoon

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- anastasia.dapaxiao@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Anastasia Da Paxiao" <anastasia.dpaxiao@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: anastasia.dapaxiao@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:35:03 +0200
Subject: Good afternoon

Good afternoon dear

I hope you are in good health? Please i am in search of a reliable person
who i can trust and do business with. My name is Anastasia Da Paxiao,i am
female, 23 years,from Equatorial Guinea. I have a business proposal to
present to you , but first we have to know each other,because it is very
important,also trust one another because any relationship or business
without trust does not progress. I want to meet a wonderful person whom i
can freely discuss all my affairs with. I am a very honest and sincere
person,i came from a responsible home. I take everything i do seriously
and i need a serious minded person who have a kind and loving heart,who
knows how to respect a woman,i am single and never married. I love jokes
and i am also humorous,i love good discussion,debatesand so on. I love
sports like football,tennis and basketball. I always seek knowledge and
love to learn new things. Please write me and tell me about yourself,your
age and marital status,and also the kind of business you do. A picture of
yours will also be nice, i will send you mine when i receive yours. Please
don't reply if you are not serious with me. Thank you,here is my personal
email address(anastasia.dapaxiao@yahoo.com),always write me here. Waiting
for your reply. God bless you
God bless you,

yours Anastasia.

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