419 scam: Barakis Nooman <barakisan@hotmail.com> My dearest

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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:
- "million 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)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Barakis Nooman <barakisan@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Barakis Nooman <barakis.nooman@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 11:50:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: My dearest

Â My dearest

I am Mrs. Barakis Nooman, I am a widow, i am married to late Mr. Nooman Juan , we did not have any child before my husband died. My husband is a french while i am a Congolaise, me and my husband meet and married here in Ivory Coast because, my husband is a Cocoa marchant who export cocoa from Ivory Coast to all the European nations before he died in the year of 2011 as a result of heart attack due to the heat of the Civil War in this country in 2011, may be you may hear about that crisis. Well i contacted you because recently my doctor told me that i will not survive my Esophageal cancer which i have been suffering since 7 years now and i have been taking treatment but no way, and now my doctor said that I have only about a few months to live.

Well i am not afriad of death because i know i lose nothing, when my husband was alive he made a deposit of sum ( $5.5 million dollars) in a suspense accountÂ for our future children without knowing we will never have any before his dead. Now since my condition is not giving me the ability to do any business with this money then i have decided to donate this money to charity homes and less previlages in the world, and I will need your assistance to handle this work for the sake of the poor people in the world. If you can give me your word that you will help to donate this fund as i have stated above then i will instruct the bank to transfer the money to your account so that you will use it and carry out my last wish.

I permit you to use 30% of the money for you and your family for violentering your self to this work while you will keep 70% to the less privilages, this will be my last wish and i want you to respect it and be faithful even though i will not be there with you. There is no risk involved, the fund belongs to my husband and i have the document that covers the funds in my possession which i will disclose to you when i get your respons to help me on this work.

Yours sister
Madam. Barakis Nooman.

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