419 scam: "Ms.Liz Nguyen" <lizngu002@aol.fr> Dear Friend In Christ

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.Liz Nguyen" <lizngu002@aol.fr>
Reply-To: "Ms.Liz Nguyen" <lizngu001@aol.fr>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:15:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Friend In Christ

Dear Friend In Christ,

Sorry if this message come to you as a surprise,My name is Mrs. Liz
Nguyen, born in Texas a citizen of USA, Married to late Dr. Garry
Nguyen who work in American Emmbassy Ivory coast for ten years. Im sending you this message from my sick bed I got your email
through my late husband internet datas.Nurse help me to write you this
mail. Im currently addmited to the hospital here in Ivory coast
suffering from kidney
cancer & Parkinson disease which denied me making babies,It's quit
obviouse that my Doctor mentioned that I will not last more than two
Month.

My late husband Dr. Garry Nguyen deposited Five
million United State Dollars in bank here in Ivory coast . I wish to know if I can trust you
to use this fund for charity project like Orphanages, undisprivilege
peoples, poor peoples Mosques and Churches remember in (Proverb 19:17
)"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which
he hath given will he pay him again". I took this decision because I
don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are the one that kill my late husband with food poison.

Take %15 percent of the total fund Five
million United State Dollars as a compensation use
%85 for Charity as I mentioned.Immidiately I hear from you I will give
details to achieve it, Please always be prayerful all through, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another man/woman of good
faith for this same purpose.

God Bless You,
Mrs. Liz Nguyen.

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