419 scam: JANICE DAWSON <janicedawson011@gmail.com> Hello

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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: JANICE DAWSON <janicedawson011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: JANICE DAWSON <janicedawson001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:44:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello

Hello,
Thanks for your attention and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given genuine approval. My name is Miss Janice Dawson I'm 21 years old and the only child and daughter of my parents. My late father was the Finance Director at Tullow Oil in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire. he was poisoned to death by his business associates on their outing during business trip. My mother died when I was still a baby. please, I want you to assist me transfer $11,200,000.00 (Eleven million two hundred thousand United States Dollars) which my late father deposited in one of the prime bank here in Cote d'Ivoire. I seek for your assistance to transfer this money for an investments in your country. I will offer you 30% of the money as compensation for your assistance to transfer the money to your bank account and help me migrate to
join you in your country to continue my study while you manage the investment until am through with my study.

Please, kindly give attention to me as I really need your urgent assistance, because the people that poisoned my father want to kill me to inherit my late father's properties. I will be very much happy to receive your urgent response for more details.

Thanks and wait for your reply.

Yours daughter.

Miss Janice Dawson

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