419 scam: "Mrs. Evans Stella"<postmaster@nsw.linux-destek.com> HAVE YOU READ TO CLAIM YOUR VICTIM PAYMENT]

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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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- electedbarr1011@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Evans Stella" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evansstella39@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 02:05:59 -0600
Subject: HAVE YOU READ TO CLAIM YOUR VICTIM PAYMENT]

You have to read this to amend your mistakes my friend, I am contacting you because of the information I saw about your fund payment, this will be of a great help to redeem you from all difficulties you have been experiencing in regards to your payment due to excessive demand for money by the non officials departments.

I am Mrs. Evans Stella from USA Oregon. I am one of those beneficiaries that are to be compensated by Nigeria Government many years ago and they refused to pay me, I hard spent over 90.000.00 US Dollars trying to get my payment and all to no avail, one faithful morning, I got a e-mail from a USA citizen telling me to stop dealing with people contacting me and contact a Barrister in Nigeria to receive my fund, which I did by traveling down to Nigeria, and I was directed to meet a payment Barrister, I tabled my problems to him, and he explained everything to me, he said that whoever contacting us through emails for any kind of payment such as UPS, DHL, ATM, UBA BANK and Casher Check E.T.C are all FAKE,

He then took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment, and I received my long payment of $10.3million, Moreover the payment Barrister, showed me the full information’s of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email Address as one of the beneficiaries, which made me emailed you, be advice that those people contacting and extract money from you are nothing but fraudsters, they are only making money out of you, and if you don’t stop now then be prepare to be permanent in debt, contact the payment Barrister to claim your fund with out any further delay, his E-mail.... (electedbarr1011@gmail.com). I only paid to receive my fund $480 for the obtaining of my permit fund Certificate.
I am very happy now and I wish you same.

Yours Truthfully
Mrs. Evans Stella

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