419 scam: Dear Friend <0mrlin10@gmail.com> Compensation

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- mrsdoris@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dear Friend <0mrlin10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nzeme225@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:28:07 +0000
Subject: Compensation

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Dear Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred Under the co operation of a new partner from Egypt .
Presently I’m in Brazil for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in the person of Mrs
Doris

Bellow here is Her Email Address ( mrsdoris@yahoo.com )And ask her to
send you the total sum of ( $500,000.00) Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars) which I kept for you past last month as compensation for all
the past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get
in touched with my secretary Mrs Doris and instruct her where to send
the amount to.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the Joy after all the suffer ness at that time. In the moment, I’m
very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new
partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to my secretary on your behalf, so feel free to get in
touch with her Mrs Doris; she will send the amount to you without any
delay. I am very sorry i do not inform you in time all is because of
my business.

Regards,
Your Friend

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