419 scam: Carolyn Mazzola <carolynmazzola@yahoo.com> Rescue from danger......Carolyn & Craig

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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:

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.

Fraud email example:

From: Carolyn Mazzola <carolynmazzola@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: carolynmazzola@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 07:04:39 -0700
Subject: Rescue from danger......Carolyn & Craig

We need your help just hoping this email reaches you well, we sorry for this emergency and for not informing you about our trip to (Davao, Philippines) it started out like any trip, we arrived at the hotel, went to lunch, the beach, went to dinner. After dinner we went shopping in the shopping center at the resort while we were coming out of the exit of the train station we got mugged by the stairs all cash credit card and mobile phones were stolen.

I remember thinking i must be dying, and feeling as if i could not get out of whatever state of mind i was, I've never known this and I was scared I felt a fear I've never felt before,the scary part is when something happens to you in another country you are not safe, there was no one to tell and no one would listen.We took precautions, to ensure our safety but we' are working with local authorities on investigation I've also made contact with my bank it would take 3-5 working days to process funds into my account which i can't access from here, the bad news is our flight will be leaving very soon but I am having problems settling the hotel bills. I need your help/LOAN financially, I am sorry if i got you at the wrong time but could you please loan me â‚¬2,200, I'll appreciate whatsoever you can give if you can't help with all and I promise to make the refund once I get back home safely.

Please let me know if you can help me out i will appreciate your help to get back home and i need you to keep checking your mails as it's d only way i can reach you.

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