419 scam: "Mrs. Vivian Daniel" <cool.saksak02@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.saksak02@mail.ru>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Vivian Daniel" <vivian_onelove111@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:16:39 +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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