419 scam: "Mrs. Vivian Daniel." <cool.saksak@mail.ru> DONATION FOR CHARITY, FROM MRS. VIVIAN DANIEL.

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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:
- ",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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Vivian Daniel." <cool.saksak@mail.ru>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Vivian Daniel." <viviandanield57@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 07:34:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DONATION FOR CHARITY, FROM MRS. VIVIAN DANIEL.

Hello
Dearest Beloved in the Lord,

Greeting
and peace be upon you as you read this message, I know this letter will
come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to
go through it carefully as the decision you'll make will go a long way
to
facilitate my peaceful repose and the manifestation of my last wish. I
am Mrs. Vivian Daniel, an aging widow suffering from long time chronic
organ
failure resulting from terminal cancer which has left me paralyzed and
bedridden for the past 3 years.

I was recently notified my late
husband Mr. Dikko Daniel, who died in the Air France Flight 447 crash
had an
outstanding and unclaimed cash deposit account worth the sum of
US$5,500,000.00 whose deposit documents bears my name as the next of kin
and is presently facing danger of being
declared a dormant account and returned to the government treasury.

My
present state of health does not permit me to take any direct action
here and I do not wish to have the wealth of my late husband end up in
the hands of undeserving government officials. I need a very honest and
God fearing Christian who I can make the executor of my WILL and have
this unclaimed funds released to so it could be used for charity works.

MY
GREATEST WISH IS TO GIVE THIS FUNDS SECURED AND USED FOR CHARITY
WORKS.I choose you from the several email contacts presented to by the
nursing staff and after honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a helper
and I decided to contact you if you may be willing and interested to
handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me.

I
am in urgent need of your cooperation and I believe a divine force is
driving me to contact you for this noble task; you must not fail me and
the millions of the poor
people in our today's WORLD. This is my legitimate inheritance and NOT
stolen money and there are no dangers involved as all is 100% RISK FREE
with concrete legal proof.

Please if you would be able to
cooperate with me as my legally appointed executor of my last Will and
Testament and ensure my inheritance is put to good use benefiting the
less privileged and victims of natural disasters around the globe.

Yours Sister in the Lord
Mrs. Vivian Daniel.

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