419 scam: "Evelyn Mazele"<evelynmazele@yahoo.com> Frohes Neues Jahr mein Lieber, wie ist Deutschland?

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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.
- evelynmazele@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Evelyn Mazele" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evelynmazele@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 13:57:08 -0000
Subject: Frohes Neues Jahr mein Lieber, wie ist Deutschland?

Hello,
My name is Miss Evelyn, I saw your profile today and it really attracted me a lot, especially because i love to relocate to your country soon. How is your health? i hope all is well with you.

I believe that we can be friends, but remember that distance, age and color does not matter in friendship, what matters is the true understanding, in my next e-mail i shall include my picture and tell you more about me. Please write me on my email, (evelynmazele@hotmail.com) so that i will send my pictures to you and more about me.

Hope to hear from you soon.
Yours Evelyn

Hallo,
Mein Name ist Miss Evelyn, ich sah Ihr Profil heute und es zog mich wirklich sehr, vor allem, weil ich liebe, zu Ihrem Land bald zu verlagern. Wie ist Ihre Gesundheit? ich hoffe, alles ist gut mit Ihnen.

Ich glaube, wir können Freunde sein, aber denken Sie daran, dass die Entfernung, Alter und Farbe ist egal, in der Freundschaft, was zählt, ist das wahre Verständnis, in meinem nächsten E-Mail ich werde mein Bild gehören und sagen Ihnen mehr über mich. Bitte schreiben Sie mir auf meine E-Mail (evelynmazele@hotmail.com), so dass ich meine Bilder für Sie und mehr über mich zu senden.

Hoffnung, von Ihnen bald zu hören.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen Evelyn

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