419 scam: Alex Obasi <alexobasi45@gmail.com> My 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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "liberia" (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: Alex Obasi <alexobasi45@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Alex Obasi <carlusdon@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 02:09:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My dear.

Attention sit/madam,
I know that you will be surprised to see this proposal but you don't have to.well my name is Mr David Carlos Green i am from Ivory Coast why we live in Liberia both are a country located in west AfricaI have (USD $11.500,000.00) Eleven million five Hundred thousand United State dollars deposited with a Finance House in Ivory Coast by my father but it was unfortunate my father died from a sickness called (EBOLA) In Liberia.Therefore, my purpose of contacting you is that, i want you to assist me in transferring the fund out of the security firm to your Country because of the present financial global crisis going on.I have decided to give you 25% of the total sum while i will invest75% on properties in your country.Meanwhile, you don't need to worry about any thing this business is 100% risk free,I will like you to write me to explain more to your understand on this matter.I will be glad if you put this into consideration.Feel free to write me back here or
with this Skype nama Doncarlus.davido As soon as i receive a respond from you, i will forward the certificate of deposit.and everything you will want to know about this transaction as you know that i am an orphan i wouldn't like any betrayer.
Thanks David Carlos Green

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