419 scam: "Mrs Elvira Ninita" <elviran.netX@secrel.com.br> 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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Elvira Ninita" <elviran.netX@secrel.com.br>
Reply-To: elviraninita@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:41:45 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Good Day

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Good Day

Be considerate in reading this, with trust l decided to get in touch with
you ,l am Mrs. Elvira Ninita from Fiji Island ,my husband was top
government official before his death due to heart attack,

Before his death he told me that he made a deposit of fund ($9.470 000 00)
Nine Million Four Hundred and seventy Thousand in a security company in
security , which the content of the box was not disclose to security
company to secure the money in the box and the country have
political.crisis for years now.

When he deposited the box he declared to security company the content of
the box was family Valuables and it belongs to his foreign partner.

Now, my main reason of contacting you is to assist me to claim this box
from the security company and be in partnership in investing this money in
your country, also in my next mail I will send to you all the details of
these transactions and also the contact of the security company with the
documents.

Hoping to see your reply.
Mrs Elvira Ninita

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