419 scam: "Xandria Kamel" <onlneservice@gmx.com> Hello

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Xandria Kamel" <onlneservice@gmx.com>
Reply-To: carmils@live.com
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:18:14 +0200
Subject: Hello

Good day,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to
establish in your country.Though I've not met with you before but I
believe one has to risk confiding in succeeding sometimes in life. I'm
Xandria Kamel, 29 years old from Ghana. daughter of Mrs Helen Ford Kamel
wife to the late Henry Ford Kamel Volta Regional Minister of Ghana. I have
Sixty five million dollars which was made by my Father before he pass on
25th Dec 2012. My father left this money in a security company here in my
Ghana. I seek your permission to transfer this fund into your country so
that i could come to your country for investment and to further my studies
as a philanthropist. I want you to help me retrieve these fund from the
security company and transfer it into your personal account in your
country for investment purposes on these areas like telecommunication,
transport industry, Five star hotel, real estate, Charity Foundation.

If you can be of an assistance to me i will be pleased to offer to you 30%
of the total fund.

I await your soonest response

Respectfully yours,
Xandria Kamel

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