419 scam: Adonis <adonisfarouk@gmail.com> hi

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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 message is a next of kin 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.
- adonisfarouk@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Adonis <adonisfarouk@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 23:18:16 +0200
Subject: hi

It is my humble pleasure to contact you through this medium, I am Adonis
Farouk : I am very sorry for intruding into your private life, there is an
important issue at hand which I need to discuss with you concerning my late
client fund valued (US$6.5Millions) , who died in this country since 2008
without any sorceress, I will give you more clarification on this
transaction as soon as I hear from you, My dear Me and you. will shared the
fund in ratio of 40/40.I agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as a
respect to the provision of a foreign account My dear we will use the
remaining 20% for Charity Organizations in your country, Please kindly use
your private E-mail Address to contact me, true my private mail address (
adonisfarouk@gmail.com ) so that i will give you more detail ,

Adonis Farouk

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