419 scam: "Gerald Living Stone"<gerald.livingstone@hotmail.com> ***SPAM*** Dear Friend

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- gerald_stones@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gerald Living Stone" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gerald_stones@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 22:00:43 -0400
Subject: ***SPAM*** Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Gerald Livingstone from Austria, I am a Gold and Diamond Dealer, currently Living in United States Of

America, I hope that you are fine and in a good health?

I sell and export my Gold and Diamond mainly to the UAE, Israel, and European Countries/United States. I have Good

contacts to buying Cheap Gold's and Diamonds from African countries like Ghana, Liberia and Angola.

For partnership is why I have contacted you, so as to partner with you in my quest to taking these precious stones

and metals to the targeted markets in-order to meeting the needs of the people around the world whom desires to

possess those valuables and precious things with the sole motives of making reasonable returns together.

I desire to working with honest, reliable and responsible person(s) whom are quite interested.

My company also undertakes the task of direct purchases of Golds and Diamonds from Local Miners that are in needs

buyers.

I will be waiting to hear from you
Contacts:
E-mail:gerald_stones@hotmail.com
Phone:+1-929-225-8848

Thanks

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