419 scam: Ms Adira Gabriel <adiragabriel231@hotmail.com> Hello Dear!!

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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.
- adiragabriel_147@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ms Adira Gabriel <adiragabriel231@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: adiragabriel_147@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:06:13 +0300
Subject: Hello Dear!!

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Hello Dear,

It is so hard for me to identify what it is about you that attracts me
so, I suppose it might be the combination of your charming
personality.Whatever it is, I can sense its presence.You can call it
chemistry,or better yet,the possibility that we are on the same
wavelength.I would like to know somethings about you,what really makes
you tick,what makes you smile and what you call fun,i want to establish
a long friendship with you possibly,i want to be part of your life and
at least make you smile as much as i can.write me soon so we can get to
know more about each other,we can talk further here on
adiragabriel_147@hotmail.com if i am not imposing.

Adira.

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