419 scam: "Baletskaya Natalya"<baletpllqq8@yahoo.com> RE:letter

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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:
- "million us 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: "Baletskaya Natalya" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <baletskaya88@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 07:10:13 -0700
Subject: RE:letter

Hello,
Good morning!, I wish to donate the sum of I.8 Million US dollars to the cancer victims through you due to my health situation.
My name is Baletskaya Natalya,a retired Kazakhstan Oil and Gas executive, am an ailing old widow
suffering from the cancer of the heart.
I live in Florida,United States of America, however, my doctor has confirmed that I will not last
more than 2 Months due to my
cancer.

I wish to donate my 1.8 million US dollars to the cancer victims
through you, especially women and children, and the poor as well to
contribute to
their rehabilitation and welfare, it pained me so much that that a lot of
children, innocent women are dying of this cancer each an every day.
This is my last wish in life and
I want you to help me carry out my last wish to help your innocent poor
people.
Please Note that I am not persuading you to accept this if it is against your
will. All I need from you is your sincerity and trust to receive and
use this money as I instructed you above. It is true we do not know each
other but I have summoned up courage to contact you being that I found
you as a person that can be reliable, trusted.
After the successful transfer of the money to your account, I shall offer
you 30% of this money as your compensation for helping me to do my last
wish in life.If you are interested, let me know immediately in your
mail reply for more details and directives. Any delay in replying to
me on this matter will give me room to look for another person.I wish
you God blessings.
From your beloved sister,
Ms.Baletskaya Natalya

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