419 scam: "Synnove"<bardsynnove@yahoo.no> Can You?

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (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 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.
- bardsynnove@yahoo.no (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Synnove" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <synnovebard@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:29:50 -0800
Subject: Can You?

Dear My name is Synnøve Bård Nzi. A Norwegian by birth. Now a dying Cancer patient without a Child of my own. Without doubt I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise, but I want to assure you that I have good intentions. My reason for contacting you is for me to use you as the fund Manager and trustee of my money so that you will be allowed to claim my money which I inherited from my Husband and kept it in the Bank to take care of my adopted daughter and a Charity that I initiated. I have realized that my relatives are all interested in what they are going to inherit if I die than showing true love to me. My doctor in the hospital here in London where I am now informed me that I have less than three months to live after passing through the forth stage of my Sentinel lymph node biopsy and Chemo treatment and in the process have lost all my hairs. Because you do not know me, I fell that if you accept this offer, you will use the money well to take care of a girl that I adopted from a Motherless Babies home who is now 16 years old, unlike my relations that will have reasons to want to hold on to it for themselves for obvious reasons. Because of this major setback back in my health, I am lying down critically here with my laptop as my only companion. My real concern now is how to secure the custody of my trunk box of Gold that my late husband deposited with an Agency in Spain and keep it for safe keeping for my daughter. As soon as you confirm your willingness to help me to fulfill my last wish on earth, I will send you information Agency where the Gold Box is deposited about the Bank where the money is deposited. I will also send documents that will make claiming the money very easy for you. If you need any more information, please hurry and ask now that I am still alive so that I can provide you any answer or proof that you need. Please reply through my bardsynnove@yahoo.no for my email alert. Waiting to read from you urgently. God bless you as you respond urgently. Synnøve Bård Nzi bardsynnove@yahoo.no

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