419 scam: allain francuz <allaindoger@gmail.com> I need your urgent 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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- ",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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: allain francuz <allaindoger@gmail.com>
Reply-To: allainfrancuz@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:30:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I need your urgent assistance

Dear sir/ma,
Good day to your today
I know that this email will come to you as a surprise because you don’t know me and i don’t know you too. I believe that when you read this email, you will understand the important and urgency in sending you this email without prior notice.

My name is Allain Francuz,i am 15 years old and an orphan. My late father Mr. Doger Artur Francuz died in Polish TU-154 Airplane crash on April10, 2010 that also Killed the Former President of Poland. I lost my father on the ill-fated Plane .He was in company of the Former President entourage as a Business Man.
website: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/10/poland-president-lech-kaczynski-killed
However, my late father was a successful business man who lived in Poland before coming back to my Country , Mauritius. Before the death of my father, he told me that he deposited the sum of US$2,500,000:00{Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars} with a Foreign Bank .The Bank has contacted me that the Money is ready for payment to me as the only Son of my Late Father.

However, i am presently living with my uncle who is very wicked to me. He has seized all my late father’s properties and sold them away without giving me anything. He has also seized all my personal belongings, and my international passport. Now, I don’t want him to know about the US$2,500,000:00 with the Bank that is why i am contacting you to give me urgent assistance so that i can instruct the Bank to transfer the money to your account to enable me come to meet you in your country.

My main reason of contacting you is because i don’t want my uncle to know about the money because he may claim it and seize the money and i will not get anything. My Uncle is an influential Man, and he is well connected. He can even kill me because of the Money. I need your urgent assistance please.

NOTE: Because of my Uncle influence, i want this transaction handled strictly between me and you only, and should be kept secret and confidential.
I am waiting for your urgent reply

My regards,
Allain Francuz.

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