419 scam: fidelia <fideliaigabo1@att.net> Greetings to you.

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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.
- fideliababs@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fidelia <fideliaigabo1@att.net>
Reply-To: fideliababs@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:26:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings to you.

Ciao

Saluti

a te.

Il mio nome è
perdere
i
Fidelia
visto
il tuo indirizzo e-mail

dal sito oggi dal sito

e
io, interessato a te, quindi se non
ti

dispiace, ti piace di contattarmi
indietro
con
la

mia email privata (fideliababs@hotmail.co.uk) in modo che
io possa
darvi

la mia foto per farvi sapere che
io Sono, anche se mi è venuto in
linea
alla

ricerca di un uomo vero e onesto. credo che si
possa
passare
da
qui!
Ricordate, la distanza linguaggio
il

colore non importa, ma l'amore questioni

molto in life.best dei
miei

saluti
da
Fidelia.

Un

sacco di amore e di baci

Hello

Greetings to you.

My name is miss fidelia i saw your email address from site today from
site

and i become interested in you, so if you don't mind , I will like you
to contact me back with my private email (fideliababs@hotmail.co.uk)
so that i can give you my pictures for you to know whom i am,although i
came on line searching a true and honest man .I believe we can move
from here!!!

Remember ,color language distance does not matter,but LOVE matters a lot
in life.best of my regards

from

fidelia.

A lot of love
and kiss

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