419 scam: "Mrs. Grace Boyi" <online314@tim.it> Greetings dear !!

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Grace Boyi" <online314@tim.it>
Reply-To: mrs.grace.joy.boyi@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 17:52:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Greetings dear !!

Dear Friend,

This is to inform you that we have been working towards the eradication of
fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of
African Unity (OAU), United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), and Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI).We have been able to track down some scam artist
in various parts of African countries which includes (Nigeria, Benin, Ghana,
Kenya and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear
at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice.

During the course of investigation, they were able to recovered some funds from
these scam artists and IMF organization have ordered the funds recovered to be
shared among the 15 Lucky people listed around the World as a compensation.
This notice is been directed to you because your email address was found in one
of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation, maybe
you have been scammed or you are yet to. Well you are therefore being
compensated with sum of $1.5 million Dollars.

Kindly reply to this letter immediately with your personal detail as stated
below:

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Full Address
3. Your Profession
4. Your Private Email
5. You Direct Telephone Number

As soon as I am in receipt of your details as required, I will send you the
contact of the bank where your compensated sum of US$1.5 Million Dollars is
deposited so that you will contact them for your fund immediate release.

Thanks,

Grace Boyi

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