419 scam: "naomi gagnon" <joko@transtama.com> Attention Please

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "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.
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.
- gagnon.naomi02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "naomi gagnon" <joko@transtama.com>
Reply-To: naomi.gagnon02@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 04:42:22 -0500
Subject: Attention Please

Attention Please

Greetings to you my dear, please permit me to introduce myself to you, I'm
Miss Naomi Gagnon only daughter of late Dr.fabrice Gagnon,im 21 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 USD 4.5 MILLION DOLLARS,
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
government

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 and help transfer this money into your account and assist me
come over there for security of my life and the fund and start a new life
with you.

I am anxiously waiting for your kind response

Please contact my directly through this email for more details
gagnon.naomi02@yahoo.com

Thanks once again and please extend my greeting to your family.

Miss Naomi Gagnon

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