419 scam: "Mrs Julie, Children's motherless baby-care." <americacargobvauoffice@gmail.com> Dear: Sir/ma.

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "lagos" (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: "Mrs Julie, Children's motherless baby-care." <americacargobvauoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: egix03cp@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 08:14:30 +0100
Subject: Dear: Sir/ma.

Greetings,

My name is Mrs Julie, Children's motherless baby health care here in
Yaba (ZONE-3) Lagos state city of Nigeria West Africa, has decided to
seek for your assistance help for Children's funds assistance in
Europe as I am going through diagnosed with esophageal cancer. It has
defiled all forms of medical treatment and have given most of the
Children's assets donation to an immediate family members.

I therefore decided to seek for your assistance to handle the deposit
funds item in Europe for charity organizations in your country before
the management storage Firm will DENY me the funds package deposit as
I cannot do this myself anymore because of my bad health please.

The cash deposit is Four Million One Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand
United State Dollars (USD4,155,000.00) which I want you to collect
from Europe on my behalf and dispatch it for charity organizations in
your country and take the balance for your assistance.

I wait for your acknowledgment as soon as possible with your following
information's as follows and God rewards you as you retrieve the funds
package from Europe for Children's charity organizations.

1. FULL Name:
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3. AGE:
4. OCCUPATION:
5. DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:
6. YOUR NEXT OF KIN:
7. YOUR PASSPORT COPY:

sincerity,
Mrs Julie.

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