419 scam: "ai" <ai@mail.nhu.edu.tw> Greetings From Mrs.Elodie Antoine,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: elodie_anto6543@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:40:46 -0100
Subject: Greetings From Mrs.Elodie Antoine,

Greetings From Mrs.Elodie Antoine,

May be this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my future and continued existence. I am Mrs.Elodie Antoine aging widow of 59 years old suffering from long time illness.

I have some funds I inherited from my late husband Dr. jean baptiste antoine,The sum of (US$4.5 Million Dollars) please i want you to withdraw this fund and use it for Charity works. I found your email address from the internet after honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a good person that can handle this project and i decided to contact you, if you may be willing and interested to handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me,
Please kindly respond for further details.

Thanks and God bless you,
Mrs.Elodie Antoine

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