419 scam: "Mrs. Gabriela Birgiti" <shalombuyit@gmail.com> Contact My Secretary

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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:
- "dear friend" (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.
- zhixianggroup@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Gabriela Birgiti" <shalombuyit@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zhixianggroup@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 09:03:07 +0400
Subject: Contact My Secretary

Dear Friend,
I'm Mrs. Gabriela Birgit a German citizen though you don't know me. My
colleague sometime in the past solicited for your partnership in a
transaction in regard to getting some funds transferred to your
account,Well he later solicited for my partnership and support on the same
transaction, though he informed me about your effort to assist him. We
therefore agreed to compensate you after a successful transfer.
I am very happy to inform you about our success in getting the funds
transferred under my co-operation.we didn't forget your past efforts and ze=
al to assist =

at that time.
we bought some gifts which include Gold Jewelries, iPads and Laptops for y=
ou. We
tried to call you on the phone but to no avail. We are flying to China
tomorrow for investments. You are contact my Secretary deliver the above gi=
ft to you.
Inside the laptops bags, you will see $10,000 each (that's 9 laptops)
making it $90,000 USD. I hid them inside the laptops bags so that
nobody will see it. Instruction has been given my secretary to deliver the =
items to you =

as soon as you reconfirm your receiving details to him.
Below are the contact details of my Secretary.... E-mail him immediately a=
nd
ask about item code: "GAB/Bigit/64543/pending/delivery" by me.
Contact Person: Mr. James lords
Email: zhixianggroup@gmail.com
=

Best regards,
Gabriela

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