419 scam: favour karume <favourkarume1@att.net> 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:

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:
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: favour karume <favourkarume1@att.net>
Reply-To: favourkarume10@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:01:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello

Hello

I'm very happy to meet you,Compliments of the
day,And

i am looking forward to hear from you which I
know that this email will meet you in a good health and also
surprisingly,but God has his own
way of bringing people together.I was moved to write to
you and also seek your advice of which i know that it helps me to
overcome my present situation,

I'm presently single and searching for a trusted and
God fearing person. My dearest,In your free time, may it please you to
write me back,so that i can explain
more about myself,my details,my pictures and my
purpose of writing to you. Please do not neglect a humble and lonely
heart that seeks for
your
love. A good friendship is the
foundation build on other relative things to
come. My real gladness will be reading from you, and i
think this is the better way to start a very good and progressive
relationship from my own point of view,I shall send you my pictures the
moment i read from you with much pleasure that you are having a very
nice and a lovely wonderful day May God bless you as i
wait impatiently to read

from you.

Yours

Favour

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