419 scam: "Jane Abraham"<stanchow@toyland.com.tw> Hello my loved one.

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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: "Jane Abraham" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <janeabraham@zoho.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 18:08:06 -0500
Subject: Hello my loved one.

Hello my loved one ,

I need your love and friendship so that you can partner with me in a good and genuine business of $14,386,000.00 USD .
I need you to stand as the only surviving next of kin to our late client/customer from Syria whom died recently in the Syria war . Please provide an account for the online banking transfer of this fund to your account.
I am a branch manager in a bank in Accra Ghana . You will stand to benefit 40% of this $14,386,000.00 USD while 60% goes for me and his only little daughter Nourah.
Send me your full name, your address and mobile telephone number for the next line of action . Please time is very important in this.

Yours love .
Jane Abraham.

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