419 scam: "Mrs Allen v. Scott" <sobhanakallarakkall@yahoo.com> Re: letter about the money.

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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: "Mrs Allen v. Scott" <sobhanakallarakkall@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lwinning49@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 01:54:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: letter about the money.

Hi there,

I am looking to help people so look at this properly. Its good you are reading this email, i am just here to help. My Email here may seem unusual to you, but please read me out and you might be glad that you did.

I am Mrs Allen v. Scott, I am 79 old years,i live in England,and i have a heart condition.I am old and i know i will be leaving this earth soon. I have shared most of my things to charity but i have this last one. I wanted to render a little more help before the end. I have some money in a bank in The Netherlands. I want you to claim it and use it to help the needy while you help yourself too.

Because you have shown so much kindness and seriousness in reading this email, and replying me about this matter, I want you to receive the money personally. I am hereby giving it to you, no strings attached! I think you are the kind of person who should have it because you need it. I will have my lawyer assist you if you need any legal backup.

You are to keep half of the money to yourself and the remaining half will be given to charity with the help of my lawyer. Remember the poor and to always maintain a generous heart.

With warm regards,

Mrs Allen v. Scott.

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