419 scam: "Miss Maddalen"<zhannl1@yahoo.co.jp> Please read it not junk/spam mail, It me Maddalen

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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:
- "good day friend" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- na3er62@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Maddalen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <maddao6789@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 22:03:52 +0100
Subject: Please read it not junk/spam mail, It me Maddalen

Hi Dear,
Por favor hágamelo saber si no entiendo inglés y escribo espanol
Good day friend, I am Miss Maddalen who live in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. I am contacting for friendship with confident in business relationship; I have in my possession now 142 Kilograms of Gold Bars, Quality: 23 carat, purity 96% that I inherited from my late mother which I want to ship to your country, my intention is to sell the gold and invest the money in your country
I want you to stand by me as my tutor and ship this Gold Bars to your position for sell and we can setup an investment.
Note that I am writing you this email purely on the ground of trust because I don’t know you in person and we have not met before. I found you here and my mind convinced me that I can trust you.
I am will to offer you 7% from each kilos of the gold or negotiate how much percent you will take from each sell gold
Kindly reply to my private email ( na3er62@gmail.com )

I am waiting to hear from you to explain in details.
Miss Maddalen

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