419 scam: "Mrs Sandra Gentle"<sandragen87@gmail.com> from Sandra Gentle

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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.
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.
- sandragen87@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Sandra Gentle" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sandragen87@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:22:20 +0100
Subject: from Sandra Gentle

I am Mrs Sandra Gentle, a dual citizen of Belize and cote d ivory, a senior political aid of president Laurent Gbagbo of cote d ivory . I would need your kind and honest assistance in guiding me on any business investment in your country,most especially on real estate, farming and production. We have huge financial resources to invest, but we need a very honest person we can trust and handover the management of the intended investment.

If you can assist me, contact me on my confidential email (sandragen87@hotmail.com) for an introduction and discussion of your commission regarding the services you will render.

My best regards

Sandra gentle

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam