419 scam: stancoleman1987@gmail.com For Your Attention Pls.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: stancoleman1987@gmail.com
Reply-To: capt-katherinelertas@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:44:54 -0800
Subject: For Your Attention Pls.

Hi,

My Name is Capt Katherine Lertas a member of a medical team that was deployed to Syria at the beginning of the war in Syria, my purpose of contacting you is to seek your noble help.

I met Mrs. Fadilah Rajha a Syrian woman presently in the hospital, her late husband, Dawoud Rajha was killed in the civil war, she is dying of cancer disease, She opened up to me concerning the fund (16M$) her late husband deposited with a bank in Europe. But due to her health and the recent turmoil in Syria she is urgently looking for a reliable partner to receive this fund and invest part of it on behalf of her little daughter who is still under age.

All what she told me is real, but I cannot receive this fund or fulfill her dream due to my position as a military personnel, I want you to be our Partner and so I need your Commitment and diligent follow up to get these funds transfer to your account from the European bank. If you are willing to assist kindly get back to me so I can give you more directives on how to contact the bank and do the online transfer to your account. I do hope you will give me your trust in carrying out this project which I know will be of benefit for you and me.

I appreciate to hear from you as soon as possible, I shall inform you of your percentage and the amount in subsequent correspondent.

Regards,

Capt Katherine Lertas
capt-katherinelertas@yandex.com

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