419 scam: doris macalla delne <macalladelne@yahoo.co.jp> Please I Need Your Help

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: doris macalla delne <macalladelne@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: dorisaabis@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:32:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Please I Need Your Help

Please I Need Your Help

Hello Dear,

I am writing you this mail with the tears on my face and sorrow in mind mind.Sometime i do ask myself if i am the only orphan in this world.By introduction i am Doris Macalla Delne a 20years old girl from sudan.

Actually i was in sudan before i travelled down here to west africa due to the letter i received from an insurance company in cote d'ivoire.Presently i am in cote d'ivoire to see the insurance director.I arrived in cote d'ivoire on the 12 of March 2012.On my arrival in cote d'ivoire, i found out that the country is franch cote d'ivoire and i find it difficult to communicate with people around me because i only speak English, Arab and Spanish which i learnt in school.The problem i am passing through now is that, there is a political crisis going on in cote d'ivoire again, as at yesterday, ten soildier were killed in the area where i was staying that is going me a sleepless night as i am teribly afraid of death.

I have met with the insurance company director and he confirm to me that my father was one of their company shareholder and he bought a ''SHARE'' worth of US$3.8Million as at May 28 1994 and the SHARE have raised to the total sum of US$5.1Million.

From what the insurance company told me, i was told to provide a foreign account of my choice where the fund will be transfer into.Honestly i don't have any account in sudan and i don't want to return back to sudan due to the crisis and again, the problem of this country cote d'ivoire is making me to be afraid.

Please Dear, i will be glad if you can help me to provide an account where the fund will be transfer into as i have decided to relocate to your country and start a new life but please i will beg you to assure me that your country is peaceful so that i will not regret in coming over there.I will like you to tell me how much you will take from the total money as your own compensation before we start the process.

please i will like you to act fast because delaying is very dangerious to my life at this moment

I will be waiting to hear from you so that i can give you more information

Waiting your urgent mail

Doris Macalla Delne

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