419 scam: tagrolarissa@t-online.de Greeting to you my dear,

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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:
- "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "your humble assistance" (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: tagrolarissa@t-online.de
Reply-To: tagro_larissa@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 20:45:13 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Greeting to you my dear,

Greeting to you my dear,

Good day to you. I am Miss Larissa Tagro, young medical student from Cote d'Ivoire. I would like to go into a partnership relationship with you; it is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. After reading your profile on the internet, I became interested in you and also want to know you more better,

It might sound strange considering the fact that we do not know each other. Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you I am an orphan, my late father was assassinated during the post-election crisis that later broke out as Civil war in Cote D`Ivoire. I need your honest assistance to transfer my inheritance fund of ($7.5M US DOLLARS) he deposited into a fixed account in one of the leading private banks in europe for my schooling and some other needs when I am old enough to take care of myself.

The reason why I seek your help is because I am still a little girl and cannot go for the claims of that funds from the Bank because of my age status. I shall send to you the bank contact details as my fathers business partner overseas and shall forward all the deposit documents to you as soon as I can confide in you that you would not sit on the funds after it gets to your care. I kindly seek your help in claiming this funds from the Bank and invest it into a business in your country while you shall also help me get a visa into your country so that I can further my education. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask these few questions:

1.Can you honestly help me from your heart?

2.Can I completely trust you?

I wait your urgent response.

Best wishes,

Sincerely

Larissa

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