419 scam: "Miss Celina P. Akachi"<cymia1g@bol.com.br> Hi 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- celina1akachi@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Celina P. Akachi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <celina1akachi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:24:36 +0100
Subject: Hi Dear

Hi Dear,
A greeting, my name is Miss Celina Paul Akachi, I am 20years old and Ivorian.
I am living in Republic of Togo right now for safety of my life and to claim my inheritance here in this country.
I am the only child of late Mr. and Mrs. Paul Akachi, my father was a wealthy Cocoa Merchant,
He's the CEO of Cocoa Export Corporation (C.E.C) based in Abidjan the economic capital city of Cote d'Ivoire.
My father and mother and my only younger sister was killed by unknown rebels during the Civil War that broke out in our country on March 2011.
I was schooling in Ghana then during the Civil War and I am the only survival from my late parent family.
Please I decided to seek for your sincere assistance to help me to transfer my inheritance money (US$7.5Million)
which my late father deposited in a Bank here in Republic of Togo before he died.
Please I am seeking for your sincere assistance to transfer the money to your country for investment program and
I am willing to offer you 20% of the total amount after the transfer of the money to your country and I come over to your country to continue my study.
If you are willing to assist me to handle this noble transaction, I prefer you contact me for more detail through my private email: (celina1akachi@gmail.com)
Please I want every of my dealings with you to be carried out legally, genuinely and transparently.
Please get back to me with your Information: (1) Full name, (2) Address, (3) Telephone, (4) E-mail address, (5) Occupation.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Celina

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