419 scam: Mrs Leelamma Raju <mrsleelammarajuu@gmail.com> Greetings and God bless you and protect you from all harm.

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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 "dying widow" scam.
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.
- mrsleelammaraju@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Leelamma Raju <mrsleelammarajuu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsleelammaraju@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:26:41 +0000
Subject: Greetings and God bless you and protect you from all harm.

My Dearest,

I know you will be surprise to read my email, apart from being surprise you
maybe skeptical to reply back to me because based on what
is going on in the internet world, one has to be very careful because a lot
of scam are out there to scam innocent citizen and this has made
it very difficult for people to believe anything that comes through the
internet but this is a different case.

With due Respect and Humanity I write to donate and hand over this fund to
you for orphanages and widows / less privileged and propagate
the gospel of God(US$5.8M) Five million Eight hundred thousand dollars
deposited in a security firm in Cote d'Ivoire by my late
husband. I,Mrs Leelamma Raju , 68 years old without a child, married to
late Engr.rash Raju from Israel who worked with Oil company
(PETROCI) Cote d'Ivoire before he died in the year 2012 after a Cardiac
Arteries Operation, presently my doctor said I will not last
for four months due to Colon Cancer, you are requested to send your full
name, telephone and fax number with your resident address for
documentation process to transfer the fund to you without any hindrance to
accomplish our vow to God.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as i stated herein. Hoping
to receive your reply from my privated email address
mrsleelammaraju@yahoo.com

Always pray for me daily.

Thanks and waiting your quick response.

God bless us

Mrs Leelamma Raju

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