419 scam: Sofia Adams <sofia-2016adam@outlook.fr> Dearest Beloved One,

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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:
- "dearest beloved one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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: Sofia Adams <sofia-2016adam@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Sofia Adams <adams_12sofia@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:02:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest Beloved One,

Dearest Beloved One,

Greetings to you my dear, please permit me to introduce my self to you, I'm Miss Sofia Adams only daughter of late Dr Douglas Adams,im 22 years old

As I am writing you and recently My Beloved Dad was assasinated through the hand evil politicians who accused my father of supporting the past president Laurent Gbagbo who is now in prison in Holland and since then the supporters of the present government are seeking a way to eliminate my life after assassinating my father and my mother and by the grace of God I except from the hand of the rebels and ran to hide in Capital city of our country Abidjan IVORYCOAST for security of my life.

My father left a big amount of money with the bank United State Dollars (7,500,000.00) Millon and I don't know about this, it was on the 10th of October last year that our family
lawyer kindly hand over to me the documents covering the deposit and the WILL my father wrote and the instruction on how I will utilize the money, Meanwhile I don't know what actually what to do with this money because of shattered brain and life line, that is why I contacted you so that you can help me and also help or give me suggestion how I will handle the inheritance and also help me to transfer this fund to your account over in your country for security of my life and the fund because right here i am scared of my life due to the threat by the supporters of the present president

My dear after the conclusion of the transfer of the money to your acount I will come over to your country to have peace and security and also to continue my education while you will search for a good business to invest the money,
Please it is a long story that if I start to narrate them now, you will be start shedding tears over there, but I will give you
more details in your next mail but kindly bear in mind that I need you to help me out of this my bad condition

thanks and may God almighty bless you
Extend my warmest regards to your family
I await your soonest response.
Sincerely Yours
Miss Sofia Adams

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