419 scam: lizzyjonathan@yahoo.com PLEASE TREAT AS VERY URGENT

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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:
- "dear friend" (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: lizzyjonathan@yahoo.com
Reply-To: mrs.lizzyjonathan@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:46:24 -0700
Subject: PLEASE TREAT AS VERY URGENT

Dear friend,
Please don=2019t be surprise to receive this letter. I decided to contact =
you by email due to the urgency of this business at hand. I am Mrs. Elizabe=
th Johnson, one of the chief accountants of the Nigerian National Petroleum=
Corporation (NNPC). The NNPC are in charge of extracting and selling Niger=
ia crude oil. Since the beginning of 2007 there has been increase in the pr=
ice of crude oil at the Opec international oil market and all the oil produ=
cing countries has made billions of dollars because of the high of crude oi=
l price and my country has benefited so much because of the excess crude oi=
l sales.
During our recording and auditing of excess crude oil fund sales, I was op=
portune as the chief accountant of the NNPC to discover an excessive crude =
oil Sum, amounting into millions of dollars, and the excess amount is in an=
escrow account in one of the commercial banks safe, ready to be transfer i=
nto a trustworthy person=2019s account that will not have the share of the =
sum in one accord.
We will only secure documents that will authenticate you as the foreign con=
tractor who, thereby we process all relevant documents pertinent to the cla=
im and effect the transfer of the funds into your bank account thereafter w=
e come over to your country or wherever you have the account for disburseme=
nt as we may agreed.
Note: There=2019s no risk in this transaction, provided we keep every detai=
ls information=2019s to ourselves only, till success is recorded.
Truly yours,
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson
=

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