419 scam: "Elisabeth Briggs" <elisabeth.briggs@ourbox.us> Greetings to you my dear beloved.

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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 beloved," (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Elisabeth Briggs" <elisabeth.briggs@ourbox.us>
Reply-To: briggselisabeth909@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:00:14 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you my dear beloved.

Hello Beloved,

Thanks for your kind response and i am very happy after reading your mail. It is my pleasure meeting you, I hope all is well with you and how are you enjoying your day? My name is Elisabeth Briggs, However, I really want to establish a true relationship with you and even to have a business partnership as well.

I am American military officer currently in Libya, and i will like to get
you acquainted, because I am a loving, honest and caring person with a good sense of humor, I enjoy meeting and sharing views with people and also knowing their way of life, I also enjoy watching the sea waves and the beauty of the mountains and everything that nature has to offer.

My dear beloved, I want you to know the problems we are facing here in Libya as we are being attacked everyday by insurgents and car bomb explosion, but during our rescue mission we came across a safe box that contain huge amount of money that belongs to the supporters of the over thrown government of Libya, which I believe was money meant for importation of weapons and ammunition, and it was agreed by my Army officers troop present to share the money among us and which we did .

My share is $4,560,000 ( Four Million Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand united states Dollars ) I am seeking your assurance and assistance to secure my share of the money out of this country ( Libya ) for safe keeping on my behalf.

If you can be trusted, I will really want you to assure me that if this money gets to you in your country that you will not disappoint me, until when I will come to your country to collect the money from you . I would also want you to know that i have made a solid arrangements with a reliable security delivery company and they have promised to cooperate to deliver the funds through their diplomatic method to any of my choosing destination.

This delivery is going to be handle legally by the security company and there will not be any form of risk involve during the process and the money will be packaged safely in a military truck box case . Also, I have decided to compensate you with 20% of the total money once you received the money, while the rest balance shall be for my investment funds in your country.

Meanwhile; I do not know how long we going to remain here and my fate since I have survived two bomb attack here, which prompted me to search out for a reliable and trust worthy person to help me receive and invest the Fund, because I will be coming over to your home country to invest and start a new life not as a soldier anymore.

Please do not discuss this matter to a third party, and if you are not interested to do this business please kindly delete this letter from your email box to avoid any leakage of this information and it will be dangerous to me based on my position here.

I hope my explanation is very clear but should in case of any question, please feel free to ask via email only because we are not allow to make use of mobile phone, we only make use of radio message.

I wait for your immediate reply.

Love from.
Sargent Elisabeth Briggs.

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