419 scam: "Mrs.Patience Jonathan"<Patience@springhillfirm.com> How are you my dear?

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Patience Jonathan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.patiencjonathan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:32:43 +0200
Subject: How are you my dear?

From:Mrs. Patience Jonathan
Former First Lady of Nigeria
Dear Beloved One
First and foremost let me use this medium to introduce myself,I am Mrs. Patience Jonathan former First Lady of Nigeria and the wife of former President of Nigeria, Good luck Jonathan.
Well, it is quite unfortunate we never meet or know each other before but please i know this message will come to you as surprise is for real investment proposal worth USD15.5Million which i want you to partner with in your country.
Please, if you are interested Kindly get back to me for more detail.
More, importantly keep this message away from the eye of people for security reasons.
Please, direct your respond to my personal email( mrs.patiencjonathan@gmail.com or patiencejonathan@springhillfirm.com)
Thanks and God Bless you for your understanding.
I wait to hear from you.
Regards.
Mrs. Patience Jonathan

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