419 scam: Vera wilfried <vera.wilfried1@hotmail.com> =?utf-8?B?RMO0bGXFvml0w6kgcG9zb2xzdHZvIG9kIFZlcmEgV2lsZnJpZWQ=?=

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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:
- "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: Vera wilfried <vera.wilfried1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Vera wilfried <verawilfried@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 03:28:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?RMO0bGXFvml0w6kgcG9zb2xzdHZvIG9kIFZlcmEgV2lsZnJpZWQ=?=

Od Vera Wilfried

Ahoj,

Ja som pani Vera Wilfried z Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire (PobreÅ¾ie Slonoviny). Som 22 roÄnÃ¡ dievÄenskÃ¡ sirota, ktorÃ¡ je vÃ½sledkom toho, Å¾e nemÃ¡m Å¾iadneho
rodiÄa, ktorÃ½ mÃ¡m asi (10.500.000,00 dolÃ¡rov dolÃ¡rov SpojenÃ½ch Å¡tÃ¡tov) DesaÅ¥ miliÃ³nov, pÃ¤Å¥sto tisÃc zjednotenÃ½ch Å¡tÃ¡tnych dolÃ¡rov. ÄŒo som zdedil z mÃ´jho zosnulÃ©ho otca. Vkladal som fond na pevnÃ© / predÄasnÃ© ÃºÄty v jednej z hlavnÃ½ch bÃ¡nk tu v Abidjane, mÃ´j otec pouÅ¾Ãval moje meno ako svoju jedinou dcÃ©ru a len dieÅ¥a pre najbliÅ¾Å¡Ãch prÃbuznÃ½ch do fondu.

Po druhÃ©, na zÃ¡klade vÃ¡Å¡ho plnÃ©ho sÃºhlasu, aby ste so mnou pracovali v tejto sÃºvislosti, uveÄte svoj zÃ¡ujem odpovedanÃm na mÅˆa, aby som vÃ¡m
poskytol potrebnÃ© informÃ¡cie a podrobnosti o ÄalÅ¡om postupe. PonÃºkam vÃ¡m 20% peÅˆazÃ na Ty pre tvoju pomoc.

Nech vÃ¡s Boh poÅ¾ehnÃ¡ za vaÅ¡u rÃ½chlu pozornosÅ¥. Moje najlepÅ¡ie a milÃ© Pozdravy na vÃ¡s a celÃº vaÅ¡u rodinu, ako ste ma kontaktovaÅ¥ pre viac informÃ¡ciÃ Potrebujem tvoju pomoc, ak mi budeÅ¡ urÄite pomÃ´cÅ¥, aby som investoval
fond vo svojom kraji, aby ma kontaktoval teraz pre bliÅ¾Å¡ie informÃ¡cie.
VÄaka
Vera Wilfried

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