419 scam: Donation Offer <missionarycall@live.fr> from Jocelyn

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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:
- "with your full names" (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.
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.
- jocelyandr@kimo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Donation Offer <missionarycall@live.fr>
Reply-To: jocelyandr@kimo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 19:03:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: from Jocelyn

from Jocelyn

My name is Mrs. Jocelyn Andre, diagnosed by cancer and through medical reports, has limited time to leave. I inherited $7.5 million from my late husband Mr. Andre who died recently after three days illness. I have decided to donate these funds to poor homes through you since I have no child of my own. Reply me urgently with your full names, home address, telephone number, occupation and identity copy so that I will summit them to the office where this money was deposited by my husband before he died for them to contact you for the transfer of this money to you as my foreign partner receiving the money for a humanitarian project. Reply to to this email, jocelyandr@kimo.com

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Jocelyn Andre

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