419 scam: "gbagbolillian@gmail.com" <gbagbolillian@gmail.com> PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY.

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "i got your email address from " (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
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.
- gbagbolillian@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "gbagbolillian@gmail.com" <gbagbolillian@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "gbagbolillian@yahoo.com" <terryscott89987@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 23:44:11 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY.

Dearest.

I got your email address from the yahoo tourist search while looking for someone whom l will call mine, I will really like to have a good relationship with you, and l have a special reason why l decided to contact you. I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here, I am Miss Lillian Gbagbo 24years old girl from Ivory Coast the daughter of Ex-President Laurent Koudou Gbagbo of Ivory Coast who is now in the hand of the International Criminal Court of Justice awaiting for trail.

My Father was arrested since 2011 as well as my mother and other of my brothers run away from the country. I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment l am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my father$B!G(Bs treasury and properties from me since the arrest of my beloved Father and mother. But as God may have it, l managed to escape the country to South Africa. Luckily my step mother did not discover where I kept my father$B!G(Bs File which contains important documents.

So I decided to run to South Africa to save my life with the important documents and files l stool from my father drawer before he was arrested were no one can find me because if they do, l will also be arrested too. I wish to contact you personally for a long term business relationship and investment assistance in your Country. My Father deposited the sum of US$3.200,000.00 in Bank with my name as the next of kin in one of the prominent bank South Africa and because the money is in my name, no Government official know about the deposit. However, I shall give you more information of my inheritance on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me for the transfer and investment of the fund.

As you will help me in an investment and l will like to complete my studies under your care, as l was in my first year in the university, when the crisis started. It is my intention to compensate you with 40% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital. This is the reason why I decided to contact you. Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes. As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO ME AT MY REGULAR EMAIL ADDRESS AT (gbagbolillian@yahoo.com )

I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. l am staying in a refugee camp here in South Africa for my safety.
WAITS TO READ FROM YOU AT MY EMAIL ADDRESS (gbagbolillian@yahoo.com )
Awaiting your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to yourself please l beg you not to disclose it till l come over, once the fund has been transferred.

Yours in Love,
Miss. Lillian Gbagbo.

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