419 scam: Prince John <financas@candiota.rs.gov.br> prince john

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Prince John <financas@candiota.rs.gov.br>
Reply-To: Prince John <princejohn01997@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:41:54 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: prince john

Please reply back to me immediately

Greetings in the name of the lord Almighty, I am 16 years old I need you to help me to receive my inheritance in your account in your country, my step mother is after my life and my fatherâ€™s lawyer advised me to live the country to stay with a friend of his but I donâ€™t perfectly trust him since he refused to prosecute my step mother alleging that we do not have tangible evidence to prosecute her for trying to kill me because of the money I inherited from my late parents, knowing that if she kills me she will inherit all my fortune. I am willing to give you 20 percent of the total sum but you must Please promise me that you will take me as your biological son, Because i am an orphan and i have prayed before contacting you, and promise me that you will not betray me if this money enters into your account.

God be with you am waiting for your response.

prince John

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