419 scam: "Mrs Doreen"<doreen2@ijrestaurandolafamilia.com> Re: Please Help Me Invest $42.5M USD

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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.
- mrsdoreenagomes2013@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Doreen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsdoreenagomes2013@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:02:30 -0000
Subject: Re: Please Help Me Invest $42.5M USD

Hello Friend

My Name is Mrs Doreen Antonnet Gomes from Tanzania the wife of Late Mr Tim Gomes, One of The financial advisers to President Bashar al-Assad of syria,

My Husband was one of the financial advisers to the President Bashar al-Assad of syria, but due to he did not support how the president was killing innocent citizens and due to the problem in Syria, he was killed last year, I have been in hiding here in Syria due to the problems and killings which have made me to contact you to help me secure large sums of money which runs into Millions Of United States Dollars($42.5M USD) which my late husband deposited in a security company. The money is in boxes in the security company. Everybody thinks I died with my husband in the explosion that killed my husband and my children but I escaped by the grace of God. Even the rebels and the Bashar Al-Assad government wanted us dead.

Please I am contacting you for you to assist me claim the money and have it shipped to your country for a better investment and am ready to give you 40% of the total money if you are ready to help me.

From Mrs Doreen Antonnet Gomes

Note: Please REPLY ME At mrsdoreenagomes2013@gmail.com

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