419 scam: Nickie Stephen <nickiestephen0809@yahoo.com> Hello my 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:

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:
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned 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: Nickie Stephen <nickiestephen0809@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: nickiestephen0@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello my dear,

Hello my dear,

With great respect and honor i am writing to you this mail.Please pardon me if i interfere into your privacy,My name is Miss Nickie Stephen, 23 years of age, i am the only daughter of Late Dr. Henry Stephen from Republic of Liberia, my father was the owner of Cocoa Industries Limited and he was a personal adviser to our former Head of State (late General Morris Steven). My purpose of contacting you is first, i want to know more about you so that i will know the areas you will be of assistance to my needs. I have some reasonable amount of moneys which my parents left for me before their untimely death, i want to plan for my future by investing this money in a good and profitable business but I donâ€™t know where to start and that is why I got interested in contacting you hoping that you will be kind a sincere to me by leading me through the right process to see that this money is not wasted because it is my only hope of planning for my future. Please,
donâ€™t be surprise or scared because all my words are very sincere and I will prove it as we communicate along.

From your contact i observed you are an important personality before i made up my mind to contact you.Though i don't know you in person but your assurance can motivate me to tell you everything about the money i want to invest and to go into this investment with by my side. i have no experience i terms of any foreign investment but I wish you could be honest to me because i am afraid of choosing the wrong business or loose this money. As soon as i receive your respond we will decide on the next line of action, remember you caught my attention when I saw your contact and that was why i have the courage to write you in the first place. You will know me more as we communicate along and I will also send my pictures as soon as i hear from you so that you will see who you are communicating with.

Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely

Miss. Nickie

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