419 scam: Isabella <isabellabrooklyn@live.com> Dearest one,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dearest one," (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Isabella <isabellabrooklyn@live.com>
Reply-To: isabellabrooklyn@hotmail.fr
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:04:41 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Dearest one,

Dearest one,

Greeting to you, my name is Isabella Brooklyn, I am 23 yrs and I am from London United Kingdom. I am the daughter of Late Mr Brooklyn Williams, a great businessman a dealer of Gold. Indeed, my father was assassin by his partners who I believed they profit from his death. And unfortunately for me, I'm orphans child now without my family because my Mother Died when i was 8years old.As the only daughter of my parents, I normally be the beneficiary to the total sum of (£4.800, 000) Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds, Deposited in one of the Bank here in London, United Kingdom,

So I plead you, please kindly read this letter of my life and have a heart of kindness to help me to see that the fund will be release from the Bank here in this Country and transfer to your Bank account so that i can be able to come over to your Country to start a new Life,
Please, I know you're in good faith, help me because I am without family and I promise you a guarantee of 30% of my money once the Money is transfer to your Bank account and i come over to your Country.

NB : I have the certificate of fund deposit which my father issued to me before his death. I will be expecting to read from you soonest.

Yours Sincerely
Miss Isabella Brooklyn

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