419 scam: Nellie Johnson <nelliejoh23@aol.fr> Hello Dear!

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "abidjan" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Nellie Johnson <nelliejoh23@aol.fr>
Reply-To: Nellie Johnson <nelliejoh23@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 00:15:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear!

Hello Dear!

My name is Nellie Johnson, I am from Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, West Africa. It is my pleasure to contact you for a business which I intend to establish in your country.Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. Every human being need the other to succeed atimes in life, this is why I have chosen to confide on you even though I know we have never met before.

I have this huge sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (10.5) which I inherited from my late father before he died, and the money was deposited in one of the leading banks here in Cote D'Ivoire.

Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe outside my country for security and political reasons.

I want you to help me to transfer my inherited funds to your country for investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). the transport industry
3). Five star hotel
4). Real Estate
5) company enterprise

If you can be of any assistance to me, I would be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund.

I will be humbly waiting for your soonest response.

Thanks and God bless,

Nellie Johnson

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