419 scam: "Lady Vorobeva Bopobbea"<spam@pbicn.com> My beloved,

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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 "dying widow" scam.
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.
- lb14242@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lady Vorobeva Bopobbea" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lblb7719@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:18:03 -0700
Subject: My beloved,

My beloved,

I am Lady Vorobeva Bopobbea. I was married to late Mr.Bopobbea, The past CEO Saudiaramco, an experienced contractor in England. Before he died in 2006. We were married eleven years without a child. He died after a short illness. After his death I decided not to re-marry or have a child outside my matrimonial home. When my husband was alive, he deposited the sum of $16.300, 000. Dollars (sixteen million three hundred thousand Dollars) in
the bank.

My doctor has informed me that i have a little more time to live due to my cancer problem. I have taken time to pray and finally decided to donate this fund to better the lives of the less privileged. I seek a honest and
trust Worthy Individual that will use this money in accordance with my instruction. I want the funds used to finance religious organizations, orphanages and less privileged propagating the word of God. I took this
decision because I do not have a child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I have decided to Donate 80% to orphanages and less privileged 20% is for you, i don't want my husband hard earned money to be misused.

I am not afraid of death. I know I will be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the Lord will fight my course and I will hold my peace. I speak little English and French. Once I have your answer, I will
also send a letter of authority that will empower you as the original beneficiary of the fund presently deposited in bank any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this
same purpose. You can contact me write me through this email lb14242@gmail.com

Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
Lady Vorobeva Bopobbea

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