419 scam: "From Miss Angela Zack" <angelagirl91@yahoo.com> From Miss Angela Zack

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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:
- "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. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.
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.
- miss_angelaz@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Miss Angela Zack" <angelagirl91@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: miss_angelaz@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:46:03 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: From Miss Angela Zack

Hello my dear

Greetings to you and your entire family, I hope everybody is in good
condition?
my name is Angela Zack from Liberia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Collins
Zack , my father was shoot to death in my country - Liberia Civil war
1999, I was trained by my mum, in my second year in the university Of
Liberia (UL) studying Law, my mother died by car crash on Wednesday night,
November 24.2011 when she was traveling from Jackson, Michigan to Ohio
(USA). after that incidence I drop out from school because of pains and
sorrow

My mum was a wealthy Gold dealer when she was alife and before her death
she deposited 27kilo of gold metal and the sum of two million five hundred
thousand United State dollar In a Security Company outside my country with
my name as the next of kin, my mum deposited the money with a mettalic
trunk box as a family valuables for security reason

I ran to our neighboring country because of the maltreatment I am
receiving from my late father brother 'George' he planned to kill me and
take away all my late mother's treasure and properties from me since the
unexpected death of my beloved mother. Meanwhile I wanted to escape to
Europe but he hide away my international passport and other valuable
traveling documents.

Luckily he did not discover where I kept my mother File which contains
important documents. So I decided to escape through road to Ivoire Coast,
our neighboring country where I am right now .I quit from school and I
have decided to come over to your country to continue my education, that’s
why I need your full power to assist me and your sincerity to Finalize
with the security company for change of beneficary to your name so that
the security company can use there Diplomatic Agent to Deliver the gold
and Trunk Box to you in your country Which after the Delivery, I will get
all my documents ready and join you immediately in your country.

I will appreciate any of your assistant, I promise to offer you thirthy
percent for your assistance, as you assist me and work All arrangement
with the security company because my mum sign with the security company
not to release the gold and trunk box which contained the money for me in
Africa here, I know it is risky for me to have such amount of money with
me in your country, I have decided in me, that you will keep the money for
me until i finished my education

I will be glad to hear from you so that i can give you more details about
me and also attach my photos for you to see me.

take care and may God bless you, I wait to hear from you , here's my email
miss_angelaz@yahoo.com

yours sincerely
Angela zack

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