419 scam: Erinna Willan <erinna_willan@yahoo.co.jp> Hello,

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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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Erinna Willan <erinna_willan@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: erinnawillan@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:43:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello,

Hello,

Greeting to you, I believe this mail meets you well, Please I need your urgent business assistance, please permit me to introduce myself, name is Erinna Willan, I am 19 years girl, I am the only child of my parents my Late father Mr.George Willan, was a famous cocoa merchant based here in Abidjan, the Economic capital of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) please I am not mandating you to go against your will in other to help me.

I also need your assistance to relocation and transfer my inheritance to your country for investment purpose, so that I can come to where you are, continue my education, set up an investment and be living peacefully. The total amount I inherited from my father was ($2,500,000.00) Two Million Five hundred Thousand United State of American Dollars.

It was my uncle and my late father business associate that plotted the death of my father, my mother was late since when I was a baby while am the only child of my parent. I am willing to offer you %15 of the total money as a mode of compensation for your effort on the process.

I will like you to assist me from your heart and I promise you that after the money is transfer into an empty account or your account that you will provid, I will surely compensate you with %15 of the total money as I promised.

Please if you are ready and capable to assist me from this scenario please reply me with the following information.

Full name

Address

Phone number

Thanks in advance

Yours Faithfull

Miss.Erinna Willan

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