419 scam: cyentha khalifa <cyentha20@att.net> hello

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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: cyentha khalifa <cyentha20@att.net>
Reply-To: cyenthakhalifa87@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:21:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hello

Hallo,

Wie geht es Ihnen? Ich hoffe, alles ist gut mit dir, ich hoffe, Sie
können mich nicht kennen, und ich weiß nicht, wer du bist, mein Name ist
Miss cyentha Khalifa bin ich nur wer du bist, jetzt sah ich nur Ihre
profle und Nähte, wie es einige, was mich berührt am ganzen Körper,
begann ich, einige Gefühle in mir, die ich noch nie in mir vor, so ich
wurde interessiert in Ihnen, und ich werde auch gern wissen Sie mehr,
und ich möchte Sie auf eine wieder so sende ich kann Ihnen mein Bild für
Sie zu wissen, wem ich bin, ich glaube, wir können von hier aus! Ich
warte auf Ihre Mail an meine E-Mail-Adresse oben. (Denken Sie daran, die
Entfernung oder die Farbe spielt keine Rolle, sondern Liebe eine Menge
Dinge im Leben)

Verpassen cyentha.khalifa,

Hello,

How are you? i hope all is well with you, i hope you may not know me,
and i don't know who you are, My Name is Miss cyentha khalifa i am just
broswing now i just saw your profle and it seams like some thing touches
me all over my body, i started having some feelings in me which i have
never experience in me before, so i became interested in you,and i will
also like to know you the more,and i want you to send an back so i can
give you my picture for you to know whom l am, i believe we can move
from here!I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.
(Remember the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot
in life)

miss cyentha.khalifa,

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