419 scam: Yolaine Pettis <dollyruith@yahoo.fr> Donation of my property

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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.
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.
- yolaine1@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- money to those who need it most. contact me on my mail at: yolaine1@yahoo.com / / / yolainp@hotmail.fr to regain possession of the (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Yolaine Pettis <dollyruith@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: yolainp@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:34:02 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Donation of my property

Greetings
I am contacting you today because I want to do a really important action. My name's Yolaine Pettis suffering from brain cancer at the terminal, my doctor just informed me that my days are numbered. I am a victim of this disease for 4 years, being a widow without children I plan to donate all my goods. I just sold my company to export wood located in Africa where I lived for nearly 30 years. The funds will be donated to various associations, centers of assistance to orphans and the homeless. I hold in my personal account locked the briefcase containing the sum of 2,025,000â‚¬ (two million twenty-five thousand euros) which I kept for a reconstruction project. I suffer a lot and I am very scared, I barely sleep at night because I do not want to die without having donated money to those who need it most. Contact me on my mail at: yolaine1@yahoo.com / / / yolainp@hotmail.fr to regain possession of the briefcase and and help me realize my last wish on earth,
because I am making this donation to stay in peace with the Lord and sure to be welcomed into the kingdom of heaven.
God bless you
Ms Pettis Yolaine

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