419 scam: Olivia Hugo <oliviahu456@gmail.com> Good day dear,

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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:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Olivia Hugo <oliviahu456@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Olivia Hugo <hugovia456@outlook.fr>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 02:08:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good day dear,

Good day dear,

My name is Olivia Hugo, 29years old single lady Canadian citizen.

I wish to inquire of your services to be my foreign partner / investor
and support me to transfer and manage my funds by investing in profit
making ventures like buying of company shares,Real Estate,Agriculture or
Investment Trust funds ,I am not in Canada now and I don't have anybody
here.

I have a reasonable sum that I inherited from my late parents, which I
would like you to help me invest it in your country wisely.

Attached are my personal photos, evidence of deposit of the fund, my
international passport and my late father;s death certificate in
France. Am sending all these for you to have confidence that you are
dealing with a genuine person.

Please reply me as soon as you read this message so that I can know
how to proceed.

Anticipating to hear from you urgently.

Best regards.
Ms Olivia Hugo

Note:below is the major reason I am contacting you are:

(1) To provide a new empty bank account which this money would be
transferred .If you dont want us to use your personal account .

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since bank insist that their
agreement with my father was that I provide a foriegn partner before
releasing the fund.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to secure a resident permit in your coountry.

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