419 scam: Melina Wojo <melinawojo@gmail.com> Accept my warmest greetings to you. My names are Mrs Melina Wojo, I live in Cot

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

Fraud email example:

From: Melina Wojo <melinawojo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Melina Wojo <melina_wojo@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:22:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Accept my warmest greetings to you. My names are Mrs Melina Wojo, I live in Cote d'Ivoire, I want to entrust a huge amount of money in your care (USD 5. 5) million dollars for charity work in your country. I have been suffering from cancer I want to know if I can trust you to use these funds for charity/orphanage.Please contact me, so that I will give you more details. Best Regards Mrs Melina Wojo.

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