419 scam: Carole Yak <d.westt1@rediffmail.com> Reply Me With Trust

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- ",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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "caroleyak@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Carole Yak <d.westt1@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: Carole Yak <carole.yak@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:00:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Reply Me With Trust

Â Hello Dearest,

Good day and compliments of the seasons, i know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my future and continued existence. I am Mrs.Carole Yak an aging widow of 61 years old suffering from long time cancer of the throat.

I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of US$10,000,000.00 and I needed a very honest and God fearing Christian who can withdraw this money then uses the funds for Charity works. I WISH TO GIVE THESE FUNDS TO YOU FOR CHARITY WORKS. After honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a helper and i decided to contact you to handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me after my surgery which comes up soon.

I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you for this task, you must not fail me and the millions of the poor people in our todayâ€™s WORLD. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved 100% RISK FREE with full legal proof. Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Charity works please kindly let me know immediately.

Warmest Regards, Reply me here: caroleyak@ymail.com

Mrs. Carole Yak

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam