419 scam: Cyril Izi <cyril.izi18@gmail.com> From Cyril and Shantan.

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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:
- "hundred thousand american dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Cyril Izi <cyril.izi18@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Cyril Izi <cyril.izi18@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:34:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Cyril and Shantan.

Dear Sir,

Blessing to you and your Family, I Cyril Izi and my sister Shantan Izi The only Son and Daughter of late Mr and Mrs Daniel Izi From Liberia we are contacting you because we believe that you are a honest and sincere person who will sincerely assist us in this transaction,It is our pleasure to contact you for a business venture which we intend to establish in your country, Though we have not met with you before but we believe that you are a very good person.

We wish find a honest and truthful person in our life cause we find it difficult to find one here because of our father's reputation as a wealthy person here before his sudden death, leaving us this inheritance of fortune worth Five million five hundred thousand American dollars (5,500,000 America dollars )

Our intention is to
transfer this money to your country for investment on a lucrative business which you will manage together with us, we decided to contact you, seeking for your honest and sincere assistance because we are too young to handle this transaction, we will give you more information soon as wWe hear from you.

We have decided to offer you 20% of the total amount of money as a compensation for your efforts input in this transaction, that is just for your honest and sincere assistance to us, then you handle and control the investment while we continue our education there in your country and joins you in the investment as soon as we finish our education there.

We will fly to meet you there in your country for the investment and to start my new life with you as soon you confirm our only inheritance there and hope to establishing a rewarding and good relationship with you.

We are waiting to hear from you as soon as possible.

Cyril Izi and Shantan Izi.

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