419 scam: Shirlee Mcclure <shirlee.mcclure@yahoo.fr> Hi dear

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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:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- shirleemcclure@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Shirlee Mcclure <shirlee.mcclure@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: shirleemcclure@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:52:16 +0300
Subject: Hi dear

Hi Dear,

how are you today I hope that everything is ok with you as it is my
great pleasure to contact you in having communication with you
starting from today, i was just playing around through the internet
search when i found your email address,i want to make a very new and
special friend,so i decided to contact you to see how we can make it
work if we can. please i wish you will have the desire with me so that
we can get to know each other better and see what happens in future.

Shirlee Mcclure,i am from United State of America but presently i live
and work in England , I will be very happy if you can write me through
my private email address (shirleemcclure@yahoo.com) for easy
communication so that we can know each other, I will give you my
pictures and details about me upon

hearing from you.

I wish you all the best.

Your new friend
Shirlee Mcclure

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