419 scam: Sister Carmen Bernardo Vieira <carmenner@msn.com> Your Sister carmen

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Sister Carmen Bernardo Vieira <carmenner@msn.com>
Reply-To: <vecarmen@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:20:14 +0000
Subject: Your Sister carmen

Your Sister carmen

I am contacting you with the name of God
Dear, my mail may be surprise to you I got your email from your country business directory.

I am Sister Carmen Bernardo Vieira, daughter of Late President João Bernardo Vieira the ruling political party in Guinea-Bissau who was accused and killed by the military on Monday 2 March 2009, I and my mother run out of the country because our life is in danger Please we need your assistance. In this point we are hiding because of our life do not allow any body to know that we are contacting you for escape. I am 19 years old by age May God touch your hart as you read this mail.

My late father deposited ($8 million,) with my name which he wanted to use for an investment out of our country before he was killed. We wish to invest it in your country, we need you to come and stand as our foreign business partner and claim this fund and invest it in a profitable venture. Kindly advice us before we can move ahead, Please do not reply if you are not a sincere person, I also have some kilos of gold deposited in a safe keeping company,

thank you

May the peace of God be with you and your family

Looking forward to hearing from you

You’re Sister Carmen Bernardo Vieira

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