419 scam: Francis Chinwe <frachi001@yahoo.pt> Dear Good Friend.

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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:
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- rfavorbawa@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Francis Chinwe <frachi001@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Francis Chinwe <francischinwe@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 08:21:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear Good Friend.

Dear Good Friend.

Please accept my apology for not contacting you earlier before now due to my tight schedules. I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund under the cooperation of a new partner from India. Presently I'm in India with the partner for some projects with the money.

The reason why I am compensating you is because I used your name to claim the Fund as the next of kin, Meanwhile I didn't forget you're past efforts and attempts to assist me in the transaction that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Nigeria, her name is Mrs. Favor Bawa, and his email address is ( rfavorbawa@yahoo.com ) ask her to send you the total $1,500,000.00 Draft which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much .

Feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mrs. Favor Bawa, Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and me are having at hand.

With best regards.

Mr. Francis Chinwe

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