419 scam: "Mrs. Aloe" <aloeouedrago@gmail.com> Dear God's Select

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- aloe.ouedrago@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Aloe" <aloeouedrago@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aloe.ouedrago@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:24:34 +0800
Subject: Dear God's Select

Dear God's Select,

I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in my heart,
My Name is Mrs Aloe Ouedrago, and I am contacting you from my country Tunisia I want to
tell you this because I don't have any other option than to tell you as I was touched to
open up to you, I married to Mr. Ouedrago Daisy Brown who worked with Tunisia embassy in
Burkina Faso for nine years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for eleven
years without a child.

He died after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. Since his death I decided
not to remarry, When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$ 8.5m (Eight
Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars) in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of
Burkina Faso in west Africa Presently this money is still in bank. He made this money
available for exportation of Gold from Burkina Faso mining.

Recently, My Doctor told me that I would not last for the period of seven months due to
cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness .Having known my
condition I decided to hand you over this money to take care of the less-privileged
people, you will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want you to take 30 Percent of the total money for your personal use While 70% of the
money will go to charity" people in the street and helping the orphanage. I grew up as
an Orphan and I don't have any body as my family member, just to endeavor that the house
of God is maintained. Am doing this so that God will forgive my sins and accept my soul
because these sicknesses have suffered me so much.

As soon a s I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank in Burkina
Faso and I will also instruct the Bank Manger to issue you an authority letter that will
prove you the present beneficiary of the money in the bank that is if you assure me that
you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.

Please reply me through this email address for security reasons (aloe.ouedrago@yahoo.com)

>From Mrs. Aloe Ouedrago

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