419 scam: "Honore Desire Tagro."<honore20yrsold1@gmail.com> From Miss Honore Desire Tagro.

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Honore Desire Tagro." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <honore20yrsold@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 06:14:06 -0800
Subject: From Miss Honore Desire Tagro.

>From Miss Honore Desire Tagro.

Dearest One,

I contact you base on my urgent assistance transfer of my funds from my country due to the war crisis and more so I am the only Daughter of my late parents, Presently I am in Ghana. I have be in contact with the bank manager of my late father he told me that The Fund USD $ 3.500.000,00 is there at the BANK, after I heard a long discussion with the bank director today about my later father fund that is still under their custody and the bank director told me that the best way to transfer the fund is for the bank to put the fund of the sum of USD $ 3.500.000.00 (Three Millions Five hundred thousand United state Dollars) to a ATM visa and send the ATM visa card to you in your country in other for you to withdrew sum of $5000 each day from the visa.

But before that will be done the bank will requested from you your full name and address with telephone number and scan your international passport or your drivers license in other to have a file of your identity. And I want to inform you that the bank manager has given me assurance that they are ready to transfer the funds. When the amount of U.S. $ 3.5 million fund is transferred to you, The director told me that the soon the above information is received then the bank will process the order of the visa card (ATM CARD) and post the visa card to you which will bears your information The director told me that the secret code of the card will not be post alone with the visa card for a security reason that as soon as, you received the visa card you will call for the secret code to be giving to you. The director said that, if you agreed to this order you can contact the bank with your sincere agreement email or letter in other for the bank to process the order of the vis!
a card. Be it that the fund what
Miss Honore Desire Tagro

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