419 scam: "Miss.Gift Gesel Brown" <wisonboda@gmail.com> I NEEDED 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:

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 united states 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)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss.Gift Gesel Brown" <wisonboda@gmail.com>
Reply-To: giftgeselbrown@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 09:57:20 -0700
Subject: I NEEDED YOUR ASSISTANCE

Hello Dear,

Compliments of the day. My name is Gift Gesel Brown . I am 20 years of
Age and an Orphan. I came from Sierra Leone but presently residing in
Benin Republic. I got your contact email on Internet while searching
for a trusted personality I can confide on. I am writing to seek your
kind assistance to stand as my foreign trustee to retrieve
$15,200,000.00 USD( Fifteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars ) which I inherited from my late parent.

Before the Death of My Late Father last year. He deposited the above
stated amount with one of the Leading Bank in Benin Republic and he
used my name as the next of kin, but with under a clause that I must
attend the Age of 30 before the Bank could allow me access to the
funds or I provide a foreign trustee who could lead me with the
investment of the funds outside Africa.

I am therefore soliciting for your kind and matured assistance to
receive the transfer of this funds into your account and also help me
to secure the necessary documents that will permit me to fly over to
your Country and further up my Education, while you manage the
investment of the funds under a written agreement.

I want you to return this email only if you are really willing to
assist me with all your heart, so that I can give you more details.

Regards,
Gift Gesel Brown

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