419 scam: Miis Faith Wood <mrmikefiath233@gmail.com> CAN I TRUST YOU

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrsfaithwood@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Miis Faith Wood <mrmikefiath233@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsfaithwood@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:36:45 +0100
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU

I am Miss Faith Wood, a computer scientist with central bank of
Nigeria. I am 35 years old, just started work with C.B.N. I cameacross
your file which is marked X and your released disk painted RED I took
time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees
and certificate but the fund has not been release to you.Then most
annoying thing is that they cannot tell you the truth that on no
account will they ever release the fund to you, instead they let you
spend money unnecessarily. I do not intend to work here all the days
of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can certify meof my
security, And how I can run away from this Nigeria, if I do
this,because if I don't I will be seriously in trouble My life will be
in danger.

Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria, you may not understand
it because you are not a Nigerian. The only thing I will need to
release this fund is a special HARD DISK we call it HB2/LT. But know
you are the one who we buy the HARD DISK which we only cost you $250
to buy two of it, recopy your information, destroy the previous
one,and punch the computer to reflect in your bank within 24 banking
hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file, after which I
will run away from Nigeria to meet with you. If you are interested, do
get in touch with me immediately on my E-MAIL; mrsfaithwood@gmail.com
You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy
communications and also reconfirm your details, so that there won't be
any mistake.

Regards,

Miss Faith Wood.
Computer Scientist of (C.B.N)

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