419 scam: Sophia O <"www."@cyber.ocn.ne.jp> GREETINGS

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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.
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.
- sophiaomar21@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sophia O <"www."@cyber.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Sophia O <sophiaomar21@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:44:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS

Good day,

I know that this message will look strange, surprising and probably unbelievable to you, but it is the reality. I want to make a donation of money to you. I contacted you by the will of God. My name is: Mrs. Sophia Omar I am an Australian woman specialized in mining of gold and diamonds in Africa. But now, I'm very sick of cancer illness. My husband died in an auto accident two years ago with our two children, leaving me with only a daughter who is just 9 years old, and now I have cancer of the esophagus that damaged almost all the cells in my system/agencies and I'll probably die soon according to my doctors.

My most worries is that I and my husband has no family, we grew up in the orphanage home and we were both married in an orphanage home as well. If I die my daughter will soon be left alone in the desert of life, and I don't want to make her a subject of the orphanage home where I and my husband grew up. I want my daughter to grow up in a proper family way. Please, if you could be reliable and sincere to accept my humble proposal, God will surely bless and reward you abundantly. I have the sum of (10.5Millions Euro) which i deposited in a finance firm here in Africa, I will order the finance firm to release my fund to you as my foreign partner to enable you use the fund to raise my only daughter as your own daughter if i did not survive my upcoming surgery, you can also use part of the money to help the less privilege once in the society.

If you are willing to help, kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details.

My Utmost Regards
Mrs.Sophia Omar
Email:sophiaomar21@hotmail.com

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