419 scam: Omar Charity <charityomar@outlook.fr> With Due respect.

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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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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Omar Charity <charityomar@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Omar Charity <omarcharity005@outlook.fr>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:11:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: With Due respect.

With Due respect.

I am worried,I wrote you twice no reply.
I am from Haiti married to a wealthy African. Since the death of my
husband,his relations and first wife have been giving me constant threats.
They have successfully collected most of his properties, yet they won't
let me rest, they told me to surrender all his bank accounts which I did.
I have suffered a lot of spiritual attacks and strange illness.

There is one account with huge amount which I have not disclosed so I want
you to secure the money in your account, buy a house for us in your
country where my son and I will live in order to save our lives from these
evil people. Please help us so we will run away from here to avoid
premature death.
When you reply I will tell you more and the tell you the amount also.

Thanks,
Mrs.Charity Omar

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