419 scam: "Michela Peterson" <bibl@orelsau.ru> Its Michela

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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: "Michela Peterson" <bibl@orelsau.ru>
Reply-To: michelapeterson1987@foxmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:40:51 +0400 (MSD)
Subject: Its Michela

Hallo,
Mein Name ist Michael, ich bin 26 Jahre alt, ich bin ein freier minded,
offenherzige MÃ¤dchen, Ich mag das Leben zu nehmen so einfach, wie ich
konnte, ich bin einer der wenigen, die immer noch glaubt, in Freundschaft,
Liebe, Vertrauen und Schilder, bin sehr viel Single und bereit zu
mingle.was durch Ihre Seite Surfen und ich werde wie dein Freund sein,
wenn Sie nichts dagegen haben, ich hoffe, dass Sie meine Bitte nicht fÃ¼r
selbstverstÃ¤ndlich halten, kÃ¶nnen Sie mich per E-Mail, ich will
schÃ¤tzen es, wenn Sie mir ein paar Bilder auf meiner privaten
E-Mail-Adresse senden kann, freue ich mich darauf, bald von Ihnen zu
hÃ¶ren.

Hello,
My name is Michela, i am 26yrs old, i'm a free minded,open hearted girl, i
like to take life as easy as i could, i'm one of the few that still
believes in friendship, love, trust and signs, am very much single and
ready to mingle.was browsing through your page and i will like to be your
friend if you don't mind, i hope you will not take my request for
granted,feel free to email me, i will appreciate it if you can send me
some pics to my private email address, i look forward to hear from you
soon.

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