419 scam: lisa love <msmmzzz4z5z46z4565@msn.com> Please help me

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "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.
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.
- happylisamaxwell@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lisa love <msmmzzz4z5z46z4565@msn.com>
Reply-To: <happylisamaxwell@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 09:10:59 +0000
Subject: Please help me

Hello Dear,
With due respect and humanity, I am writing this mail with tears and sorrow to seek for your assistance regards to my present conditions since the death of my parents. My name is Miss Lisa Maxwell, 22 years old Female, from Monrovia Liberia in West Africa presently seeking asylum in Dakar Senegal as a refugee.
I am now writing to seek for your assistance from Dakar Senegal where I managed to escaped to a nearby country through the help of United Nation authority and now seeking asylum in Dakar Senegal as a refugee,
I lost my parents and want you to stand as my foreign trustee to retrieve and invest the Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($12.500.000.00) deposited with a reputable bank in Madrid Spain while am the rightful next of kin to the deposited fund in Madrid Spain.
I tried to get this money out from the bank in Madrid Spain, but the bank management refused because of my age and present status as refugee, Now the bank management asked to to look for a reliable partner abroad who can stand on my behalf and retrieve the fund and I shall send you the fund deposited documents and other information's as soon as i hear positive news from you,
Please help me i am ready to give you 30% of the total money at the completion of the transaction,Please if you can help me try to reply me urgently as i will explain more to you and we can discuss fully and God will always bless you for your help which I know you shall never regret.
Reach me faster on my Alternate email for security reason Email happylisamaxwell@yahoo.com
Regards, Miss Lisa Maxwell..happylisamaxwell@yahoo.com

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