419 scam: Gail Mattix <gnmattix49@yahoo.com> New Year trip

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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: Gail Mattix <gnmattix49@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Gail Mattix <gnmatix49@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 12:51:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: New Year trip

Hello
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hoping this email reaches you well, I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, my family and I came down here to Ukraine, for a short vacation and got mugged at the park of the hotel we lodged, all our cash, credit card and Cell Phone were stolen off us at GUN POINT,luckily for us we still have our passports with us but don't have enough money to sort the bills so we can get out of here. We've been to the embassy and the police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight leaves soon, but we're having problems settling the hotel bills,the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills.

I'm freaked out at the moment. Wondering if you could help us with a quick loan,I promise I'll refund it once we get home. Please write me so I can send you the info on how you can get the money to me,so as to save me from the embarrassment of not being able to cover the bills, if you have help.

Please get back to me asap, I'll advise on how to send it.

Regards.

Gail Mattix.
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