419 scam: flora smith <florasmith220@gmail.com> Hello dear friend

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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: flora smith <florasmith220@gmail.com>
Reply-To: flora smith <florasmith115@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 12:23:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello dear friend

Hello dear friend,

My name is Flora Smith 28 years old single lady Canadian
citizen,
I wish to inquire of your services to be my foreign partner / investor and
support me transfer and manage my funds by investing in a profit making
ventures like buying of company shares,Real Estate Investment Trust
funds
and Gold Jewels.

I have a reasonable sum that I inherited from my father Mr.Silas Smith,
which I
would like you to help me invest in your country with due
respect,Once you indicate interest to assist me I will send to you all the
documents related,that you may need to see as an evidence that
this
transaction is 100% free risk including my international passport.

Please reply to me as soon as you read this
message for more details or proceed.

Best
regards.
Miss Flora Smith

Note:below are the major reasons for contacting you.

(1) To provide a new empty bank account which this money would be transfer.
if you dont want us to use your personal account .

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since bank insist that their
agreement with my father was that i provide a foriegn partner before
releasing the fund.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country

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