419 scam: "Chief Faridax Waziri" <farida.waziri@africamail.com> My Kind Regards

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- equitychamber.ggh@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chief Faridax Waziri" <farida.waziri@africamail.com>
Reply-To: equitychamber.ggh@lawyer.com
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:43:43 -0000
Subject: My Kind Regards

This is Chief Faridax Waziri writing you once again.

My Dear Friend,

With great gratitude to your efforts, I am informing you that , I have
finally succeeded in transferring those fund to the bank in Italy, with
the assistance of a Paraguayan friend,whom based on agreement received 25%
of the entire money for his financial involvement and efforts.

Presently I am in South Korea, to establish the electronic company project
with my own share as I have earlier proposed.

Nevertheless, I cannot forget you, especially your honest efforts, though
it did not yield positive result then, but I still appreciate it. Thank
you very much, meanwhile I have a surprise package for you.

Contact Barr. Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes on this e-mail address:
equitychamber.ggh@lawyer.com he is my lawyer. I have instructed him before
I left to South Korea to send to you the sum of (One Million, Two Hundred
and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) US$1,250.000.00 for your
compensation.

Please, I want you to accept it in good faith, I really appreciate all you
did and I pray that we would meet someday, so feel free and get in touch
with him.

I remain your bosom friend,

My Kind Regards

Chief Faridax Waziri.

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