419 scam: Anne Marie <marcoemichela1@tin.it> =?UTF-8?Q?F=C3=A9licitations?=

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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: Anne Marie <marcoemichela1@tin.it>
Reply-To: mariemariette313@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:52:22 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?F=C3=A9licitations?=

Bonjour,

Je m'appelle Anne Marie, veuve sans enfants, j'ai 70 ans et je suis
de nationalitÃ© franco-amÃ©ricaine. Je vis dans le nord de la France Ã
Valenciennes depuis plus d'une douzaine d'annÃ©es.Je souffre d'un cancer
de sein depuis longtemps et mes jours sont dÃ©sormais compter .Par
consÃ©quent, j'ai pris la dÃ©cision d'organiser un jeu de loterie dont le
gagnant bÃ©nÃ©ficiera de ma fortune de 1 067 058 d'euros.Suite au tirage
de nombreux e-mails qui m'ont Ã©tÃ© envoyÃ©s de partout dans le monde,
votre adresse e-mail a Ã©tÃ© tirer vous Ãªtes donc la personne que Dieu a
choisir de bÃ©nÃ©ficier de cette somme.Je suis trÃ¨s heureuse de vous
annoncer cette nouvelle et j'espÃ¨re vous rencontrer avant de quitter ce
monde. Pour plus d'informations sur le retrait de l'argent,s'il vous
plaÃ®t rÃ©pondez-moi afin que je puisse vous guider vers mon Avocat
charger de vous aider a rÃ©cupÃ©rer de faÃ§on lÃ©gale la somme.Merci de me
rÃ©pondre le plus rapidement possible.
Ceci n'est pas une fausse alerte ou une arnaque.Merci

Cordialement
Anne Marie

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