419 scam: GAUTHIER LAURIANE <clima.gas@alice.it> BONJOUR BIEN-AIME

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

Fraud email example:

From: GAUTHIER LAURIANE <clima.gas@alice.it>
Reply-To: gauthieretlaur@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 15:57:19 +0100 (CET)
Subject: BONJOUR BIEN-AIME

Bonjour,
Excusez-moi de cette faÃ§on de communiquer avec vous, j'ai vu Votre profil et
je dirai tu es celui dont j'ai besoin. En bref, mon nom est GAUTHIER LAURIANE,
Origine de la France et vivant en Angleterre. Je souffre Dâ€™une grave Maladie
cancers du larynx qui me condamne Ã mort, et j'ai une Somme de (1.025.000
Dollars), dont je tiens Ã faire un don. Recommander Confiance et honnÃªte, c'est
donc un bon usage. J'ai mon propre Entreprise Dâ€™importation de l'huile rouge en
France dont j'ai fait don de cela a une ONG, et j'ai perdu mon Mari, car il De
cela 6 ans, qui m'a beaucoup AffectÃ© et je ne pouvais pas se marier Ã nouveau
jusquâ€™Ã , nous n'avons Pas eu dâ€™enfants. Je voudrais faire un don de ce montant
avant ma mort Mes jours sont comptÃ©, si vous pourrez bÃ©nÃ©ficier de ce don.
Voici mon adresse Ã©mail:
gauthieretlaur@gmail.com
Si vous Ãªtes prÃªt a faire part de cette offre de donation je vous Demande de
bien vouloir me donnez une suite a mon message. Dans Lâ€™attente de vos
nouvelles, recevez mes cordiales et fraternelles Salutations et que Dieu vous
bÃ©nisse et vous fortifie.
Cordialement
Mme GAUTHIER LAURIANE

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