419 scam: GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU GIVE.

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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:
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- worldofcharity49@yahoo.es (Yahoo, Spain; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: <worldofcharity49@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:29:31 +0100
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU GIVE.

Dear Madam/Sir,

I, Mr Daniel slim, represent the Trinity Charity Home and would like to inform you the speed at which our charity fund is growing.Ever since our inception five years ago, we have been able to make a positive change in the lives of ninety five children in Liberia (Monrovia), imparting them the basic primary education which we believe is the right of every single child. The speed of our growth means that our existing facility is now insufficient to accommodate the children on our roll and hence we are looking to build an extension to our existing center.
To this end, we are looking to raise 120,000.00 dollars which will fund the construction and design of our center. So far 12,000,00 dollars has been received. We would be ever so grateful if you would donate any amount addressed to Trinity Charity Home account as stated below:
Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Bank: UNICAJA INTERN.
address:1107 CALAHONDA SPAIN.
ccc: 2103 1107 6100 1000 2800
titular: DANIEL SLIM
IBAN: ES59 2103 1107 6100 1000 2800
SWIFT BIC CODE:UCJAES2M.
e-mail: worldofcharity49@yahoo.es

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Daniel Slim.

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