419 scam: Love Maria <mariamalovinggirl@libero.it> Greetings 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.
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.
- mariaarok@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Love Maria <mariamalovinggirl@libero.it>
Reply-To: mariaarok@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:13:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Greetings Dear,

Greetings Dear,
My name is Maria Arok from Republic of South Sudan. I am presently in Dakar
Senegal and 25 years of age. I saw your email address while going through
Google page of your country, so i decided to extend my felicitations to you.
Presently i can not really specify what prompted my drive to write but i did
have the mind that you could be a nice person. I have the interest to meet
people from out side my continent and felicitate. It is my believe that there
are nice people out there who can appreciate the values of friendship. Personal
I might not be very beautiful physically like most ladies in your country but I
think I have the beauty of the mind, which is more valuable to me.
Please write me if you can. I am single and focus. I wouldnâ€™t say but will
leave that to you to find out with time.As allowing others to access you is a
humble act. Hope to receive a message from you. It will be very much
appreciated getting to know you much better and share our experience and good
wills about our respective continents .
I will send you my photo my next mail okay. With due respect i ask, do tell
me some briefs about you. Your love live, what you do appreciate in a woman in
general and your dislikes. Lest I forget I am simply colored and wish you do
not mind as I have the concept that we all are the same irrespective of our
colors. The inner person to me is most important, friendships to me is a right
of all humans and if properly inclined could add to once happiness.
My greetings to all your good and loving family were ever you Live. Please do
write me back soonest I will appreciate from the dept of my heart. Here is my
private mail address: mariaarok@yahoo.com
Your friend,
Miss Maria.

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