419 scam: baby sonia <spspss00@msn.com> Please write me back for more details.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- babysoniamarshall@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: baby sonia <spspss00@msn.com>
Reply-To: <babysoniamarshall@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 17:22:45 +0000
Subject: Please write me back for more details.

Hello Dear,
Compliments of the day, I am writing this mail with tears and sorrow to seek for your assistance regards to my present conditions and situation since the death of my entire parents. My name is Miss Sonia Marvellous, 20 years old Female, originated from Monrovia Liberia in West Africa.
I am now writing to seek for your assistance from Dakar Senegal where I managed to escaped to a nearby country through the help of United Nation authority and now seeking asylum in Dakar Senegal as a refugee, Meanwhile I lost my parents and want you to stand as my foreign trustee to retrieve and invest TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($10.800.000.00) deposited in MADRID SPAIN which I inherited from my late parent as the next of kin.
I tried to get this money out from the bank in Madrid Spain, but the bank management refused because of my age and present status as refugee, Now the bank management asked to to look for a reliable partner abroad who can stand on my behalf and retrieve the fund. Please i am ready to give you 30% of the total money at the completion of the transaction, I shall send you the fund deposited documents and other information's as soon as i hear positive news from you soonest,
Please write me back for more details. Reach me faster through my alternate email address below for security reason Email babysoniamarshall@yahoo.fr
Regards, Miss Sonia MarvelousEmail babysoniamarshall@yahoo.fr

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