419 scam: "Miss. Moyina Ghazi" <sylvia119911@outlook.com> Request for Your Urgent Attention

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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: "Miss. Moyina Ghazi" <sylvia119911@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <moyinaghazi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 16:25:10 +0000
Subject: Request for Your Urgent Attention

Hello I am writing this mail with tears and pains, hoping that my situation will touch your heart for you to come for my rescue. I am Miss. Moyina R Ghazi Al-Sadiq, 19yrs old Female a citizen of South Sudan,East Africa . My father Engineer Ghazi Al-Sadiq was the former federal Minister of Guidance and Endowments and other Top government officials among 32 killed in plane crash on 19, 08, 2012. You can find more of my story through this CNN NEWS website: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/19/world/africa/sudan-plane-crash After the death of my father, my step-mother and uncle conspired and sold my father's properties and shared the money among themselves and leave nothing for me. Meanwhile before the death of my father he deposited a sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ($4.5M) in one of the banks here in Burkina Faso, and my step-mother and uncle are fighting to claim the money without my knowledge. I am willing to offer you 30% of the total fund once the bank transferred the fund into your account. Do not be surprise that I am sending you this kind of letter without knowing you too well, l will tell you more when l hear from you, I have also discussed with the bank manager and he promised to help me to transfer this money out from Burkina Faso when l get somebody who i trust to assist me, l want you to be honest with me that is all l need from you please. Please send your response to this email address: moyinaghazi@yahoo.comI am waiting for your response.Yours Sincerely,Miss. Moyina Ghazi

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