419 scam: Esther Laboso <laboso2@homeofficeonline.org> Good day to you my beloved one

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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Esther Laboso <laboso2@homeofficeonline.org>
Reply-To: estherlaboso9@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:03:39 +0100
Subject: Good day to you my beloved one

Good day to you my beloved one, I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. I am Esther Laboso, a 23 years old girl from Kenya, My father was Late Lorna Laboso the former Kenyan Assistant Minister of Home and affairs, who was among the plan that crashed in a remote area called Kalong’s, in western Kenya.

The plane crashed occurred on Tuesday 10th, June, 2008. You can read more about the crash with the below web site. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html
After the burial of my late father, my stepmother and my uncles conspired and sold my father’s properties to an Expert rate in Switzerland which the shared the money among themselves and left me nothing, One faithful morning, I opened my father's briefcase and found out a documents that my Late Father deposited a huge amount of money in Eco bank Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin.

My father left an instruction to the bank, that the money should be release to me when I am married or I present a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas.I will like you to help me to relocate to your country because my stepmother has threatened to assassinate me once she knows my were about. The amount is($9.4 USD nine point four million United State Dollars, I have confirmed from the bank in Burkina Faso, You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country. However, you will help me by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies. It will be my pleasure to compensate you with 30% of the total money for your services. I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction trustfully and sincerely.I will also be sending to you my picture's in my next mail, thanks and have a nice day.

Sincerely yours,
Esther Laboso.

---
L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le logiciel antivirus Avast.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam