419 scam: Munalinda Andrew <joan_300@hotmail.com> hello

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

Fraud email example:

From: Munalinda Andrew <joan_300@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <Munalinda.andrew@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:06:54 +0000
Subject: hello

Hei, jeg ønsker deg best Kompliment av sesongen, Mitt navn er Miss Munalinda, Vel, jeg så profilen din, jeg er lei for at jeg ikke si så mye om meg selv Fordi vår profil ikke kan si alt om oss.Jeg har en spesiell grunn til å kontakte du så jeg vil gjerne at du svarer på min private mailadresse (Munalinda.andrew@hotmail.com) der jeg kan fortelle deg alt om meg selv, og grunnen jeg også Kontakte deg og sende mine bilder til deg.

Hello,I wish you best Compliment of the season, My name is Miss Munalinda, Well I saw your profile,i am sorry that i did not say much about myself because our profile cannot say everything about us.I have a special reason of contacting you so i would like you to respond to my private mail address (Munalinda.andrew@hotmail.com) there i can tell you everything about myself, and the reason i am contacting you and also send my pictures to you.

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