419 scam: "FLORES CORDOVA ALEX YAMPOOL" <aflores@cajapiura.pe> I Need Your Assistance

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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:
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- gracetheophil@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FLORES CORDOVA ALEX YAMPOOL" <aflores@cajapiura.pe>
Reply-To: gracetheophil@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:03:49 -0400
Subject: I Need Your Assistance

Hello,

I have $4.7Million USD to urgently transfer out of Liberia and i need your
cooperation due to the present deadly outbreak of Ebola Virus that is killing
people everyday. My name is Grace Theophilus, i am a young lady of 29years
old, i am a Liberian, but schooled Pretoria, South Africa.
I got your contact as i search online through which i am contacting you,
though i do not really know you, but i pray that my effort to contact you
will be achieved.

My father was a senior staff of CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA (CBL) before he died.
my father died of hearth attack on November 8th 2013. There is a $4.7Million
USD in a safe box in my father`s secret room, the money is in 100notes of new
us dollar throughout, but there is a Central Bank of Liberia stamp on each
notes which indicate it is a reserved money and there is no way I can spend
or transfer this money with the stamp on it here in Liberia.

There is a man who work in the central bank of Liberia operational room who
agree to help by bringing their mini cleaning machine to wipe out the stamp
on the money to enable me transfer the money bit by bit through western money
union transfer out of Liberia.

For now, i urgently need your cooperation to transfer the money to you in
your country after which i join you in your country to used the money for
investment in your country. you will help me to relocate to your country for
investment after we transfer all the money.

Please reply back to me, tell me about yourself and your possibility of
helping me, i am ready to negotiate a percentage with you.

Reply to: gracetheophil@gmail.com

Thanks
Grace Theophilus

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