419 scam: esther jamal <estherjamal2@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: esther jamal <estherjamal2@att.net>
Reply-To: estherjamal@live.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello

DobrÃ½ den VÃ¡Å¾enÃ,

Jmenuji se Ester, jsem velmi Å¡Å¥astnÃ½, Å¾e vÃ¡Å¡ profil je mÃ¡m zÃ¡jem o vÃ¡s
vÄ›dÃ & byly pÅ™Ã¡telskÃ© s vÃ¡mi. Ocenil bych, kdybychom seznÃ¡mit co
nejdÅ™Ãve. Docela se mi vÄ›Å™it, Å¾e mÅ¯Å¾eme zaÄÃt od tady, protoÅ¾e to trvÃ¡
chvilku znÃ¡t nÄ›koho. Chci, abyste pochopili, Å¾e rasy nebo vzdÃ¡lenosti
nezÃ¡leÅ¾Ã, ale milujÃcÃ a starostlivÃ¡ hodnÄ› vÄ›cech v Å¾ivotÄ›. TÄ›Å¡Ãm se na
jednÃ¡nÃ od vÃ¡s vÃc soonest.reply mÅ¯j mi tento e-mail id, nebo mi poslat
svÅ¯j e-mail tak, Å¾e mohu psÃ¡t a posÃlat si mÅ¯j obrÃ¡zek.

S pozdravem, Esther lÃ¡sky

Hello Dear ,

My name is Esther, I am very happy to view your profile itÂ I'm
interested in knowing you & being friendly with you . I would
appreciate if we get acquainted as soon as possible. I quite believe
that we can start from here since it takes a moment to know someone. I
want you to understand that race or distance does not matter but loving
and caring matters a lot in life. I look forward to hearing more from
you soonest.reply my me with this email id or send me your email so that
i can write you and send you my picture.

Yours truly, Esther love

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