419 scam: "Yohannan Paulose,"<yeli@ypi.edu.cn> FROM Susanna Paulose

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

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <ynnpaulose@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:04:38 -0700
Subject: FROM Susanna Paulose

Dear, Sir/Madam

My name is Mrs. Susanna Paulose I am a widow from Syria my husband and my 3 children was killed in Syrian war, I am only left with a Son.lucky to escape from isis with my Son and thank God that we are Christian now, my late husband was working with Syrian government and director in-change of supply in hospital in Damascus before the war broke out, it happened as I and my Son in the cost of the evil war received Christ they are trying to kill us before we run to camp Bahrain.

I need your assistance to move my Son out of here to your country, so that he can study in a good school, we don’t have passport at hand now.My late husband kept some amount of money for us which he withdraw cash when the war was about to start which is legal but because of monitoring of money deposit in the world now and the fact that we are in camp, we are at a cross-road hence we need your help.
I need your help to secure the amount kept and assist my son with a good school to enable him continue his education.

we will give you more information when we know your willingness. Reply: ypaulose@rediffmail.com,

With love and warm greetings to the world.
Yohannan Paulose,

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