419 scam: Christy <christywatara@aol.com> GREETINGS FROM CHRISTY

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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:
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Christy <christywatara@aol.com>
Reply-To: christywatars@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:17:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GREETINGS FROM CHRISTY

Dearest Sir,

How are you doing today? Hope fine. Greatly impressed to write you this message, I Confirmed That You Will Be an honest person to help me invest my inherited sum in your country, I am 26 years old from Democratic Republic of Congo. Live in Abidjan, I Contacted you based on my believe that you will give me an assistance , my father Passed away on the month of July 2010, while my mother died when I was just 5 yrs. old.

There is some amount of money (Eight million United State Dollars ) $ 8,000,000.00 my father kept in one of the banks in New York USA as a security deposit for safe keeping and named me the beneficiary / next of kin to the deposit, the Bank has Summoned me to come forward with my guardianship for the claim of the deposit. Due to my age and a university under graduate, I brought this vital information to you believing that you will come to my aid with a great support and opinion to investing this money in your country, all I want from you is to give me a foreign support to secure this money into foreign account in abroad and also prepare my stay permit to live in your country and invest the funds under your care and advises.

It would give me a great joy if you can help me to retrieve this inheritance from the Finance firm, I would also expect you to act as my foreign trustee to avoid losing this inheritance to the bank, since my parents are no more again and I am the only one left in the family, things are a bit difficult to do just on my own hence I need your help

I have all the documents of the deposit given to my father by the bank on the time of the deposit and I assure you the papers and the authorization to claim this deposit on my favor and on my behalf. I also assure you that the security firm will not hesitate to release the inheritance to us if you can come forward with the details of the deposit which I would make available to you upon their demand and as well as the documents of the deposit

I will like to continue my education in your country after the fund is successfully transferred and invest in a real industrial output estate and any Where the fund will keep growing for our benefit.
Now permit me to ask these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me from your heart?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. Do you have a good bank account that can receive the amount?

Please consider this and get back to me as soon as you confirm your willingness,I will send to you my Picture and inform you more details Involved in this matter.

Thanks for your understanding,
Best Regards
Christy Watars

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