419 scam: happiness ukazi <princehumiclee@yahoo.com> Hello 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:

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: happiness ukazi <princehumiclee@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: happiness_ukazi@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:04:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello my dear,

Hello my dear,

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With great respect and honour
i am writing to you this mail . Please pardon me if i interfer into
your privacy , My name is Miss Happiness Ukazi, 24 years of age, i am
the only daughter of Late Dr Ukazi from Rwanda in Central Africa , my
father was successful man in business. My purpose of contacting you is
first, i want to know more about you so that i will know the areas you
will be of assistance to my needs .

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I have some reasonable amount
of moneys which my parents left for me before their untimely death , i
want to plan for my future by investing this money in a good and
profitable business but I donâ€™t know where to start and that is why I
got interested in contacting you hoping that you will be kind and
sincere to me by leading me through the right process to see that this
money is not wasted because it is my only hope of planning for my
future . Please , donâ€™t be surprise or scared because all my words are
very sincere and I will prove it as we communicate along .

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From your contact i observed
you are an important personality before i made up my mind to contact
you . Though i don't know you in person but your assurance can motivate
me to tell you everything about the money i want to invest and to go
into this investment with by my side . i have no experience in terms of
any foreign investment but I wish you could be honest to me because i
am afraid of choosing the wrong business or loose this money . As soon
as i receive your respond we will decide on the next line of action,
remember you caught my attention when I saw your contact and that was
why i have the courage to write you in the first place. You will know
me more as we communicate along and I will also send my pictures as
soon as i hear from you so that you will see who you are communicating
with .

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Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely

Happiness

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