419 scam: "Michela Peterson"<design@demechchemical.com> Hei 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.
- michelapeterson1988@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Michela Peterson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michelapeterson1988@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:21:57 -0000
Subject: Hei dear

Hallo Beste,

Mijn naam is Michela, ik ben 26yrs oud, ik ben een vrije geest, openhartig meisje, ik wil leven te nemen net zo makkelijk als ik kon, ik ben een van de weinigen die nog steeds gelooft in vriendschap, liefde, vertrouwen en tekenen , ben heel veel enkelvoudige en klaar om zich te mengen. was aan het surfen op het internet en kwam in uw contactpersoon, zal het mijn oprechte genoegen om je vriend zijn als je het niet erg, ik hoop dat u mijn verzoek niet voor lief nemen, voel je vrij om me te mailen, ik zal het waarderen als kunt u mij wat foto's te sturen naar mijn prive e-mail addres (michelapeterson1988@hotmail.com) Ik kijk ernaar uit om binnenkort van u te horen.

Michela.

Hello Dear,

My name is Michela, i am 26yrs old, i'm a free minded, open hearted girl, i like to take life as easy as i could, i'm one of the few that still believes in friendship,love, trust and signs, am very much single and ready to mingle. was browsing through the internet and came across your contact, it will be my sincere pleasure to be your friend if you don't mind, i hope you will not take my request for granted, feel free to email me, i will appreciate it if you can send me some pics to my private email addres(michelapeterson1988@hotmail.com) i look forward to hear from you soon.

Michela.

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