419 scam: FROM FAITH ANDERSON <cocacolarica8@gmail.com> HELLO DEAR GOOD DAY.

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "faithaderson2020@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: FROM FAITH ANDERSON <cocacolarica8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: faithaderson2020@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:18:30 +0200
Subject: HELLO DEAR GOOD DAY.

--
Mrs. Faith .D. Anderson, a dying woman who had decided to donate part of
what I have to the Charities(Orphanage homes) , I was diagnosed for cancer
immediately after the death of my husband in plane Crash as a pilot, and he
was also the CEO of one of the Gold and Mining Company here in south Africa
and we have no child , I have been touched to donate part from what I have
inherited from my late husband for the charity work , I cannot do this
myself any more. I once asked members of my family to close one of the
accounts and donate the money which I have there to charity organization in
Kenya; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust
them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for
them.

I decided to transfer the fund to your possession for investment and
donate part to the charities; I managed to get your contact details through
your Country Online services here in Johannesburg South Africa on my
desperate search for a trustworthy person to assist me in this confidential
work. As I lay on my sick bed in hospital, I want you to help me in
carrying out my last wish on earth which will be very profitable to you, I
want to WILL a total sum of $12.5 million USD (Twelve Million Five Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars) to you which you will distribute part of it
to any charity home of your choice and part for investment and I want you
to tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you
will give to me. Please reply me on this private email:
faithaderson2020@outlook.com. Best Regards Mrs. Faith .D. Anderson

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