419 scam: justinajude <justina.4u@att.net> Hi 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- justinajude350@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: justinajude <justina.4u@att.net>
Reply-To: justinajude350@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:25:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hi Dear

Hi Dear,

How are you today? I feel like communicating with you, my name is miss Justina It is my pleasure with due respect to cultivate a healthy friendship with you. I have great interest in making new friends, my hobbies are reading, traveling,swimming and dancing.

Today i found your e-mail contact on a google site,then i took the opportunity to write to you as i will really want us to be good friends and I will so much appreciate it if we can click together as one great friend.

I will send my photo at least for you to see who is writing to you.I will like you to contact me back with this my email to my email address (justinajude350@yahoo.com) so that I will give you full explanation about myself, and my reasons and purpose of contacting you.

Please feel free to write me back.

Yours Sincerely,

Justina jude.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam