419 scam: "Roger Maurice Esq"<info@human-results.sl> Please rescue life from suicide --

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- lghaht9@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Roger Maurice Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dgemfl@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 04:24:26 +0100
Subject: Please rescue life from suicide --

Hello,

My client was deported due to lost of vital information in the company he worked as branch manager. He cannot take good care of his family any longer since there's nothing left as a deportee. If you have conscience as a kindhearted person you will understand the challenges binding a deportee having confiscated his assets.

My client made a deposit during his services as branch manger which requires urgent help; the deposit is my client's only hope to take good care of his family else suicide will be the case because nothing can be done over here to lift the pains off his shoulder. Please consider helping urgently to protect lives and be rewarded for rescuing the precious lives of my client and his family out f suicide. The amount he deposited is Six Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Dollars "US$685,000.00" only. I shall give you the contact of the security vault to pickup the deposit and place it into my client's account while you deduct One Hundred Thousand Dollars "US$100,000.00" for your kindhearted assistance to rescue lives from already planned suicide.

Regards,

Roger Maurice Esq
Rodney Bay, Gros Islet
P.O. Box BW467, LC01 601
Castries, Saint Lucia
Email: lghaht9@yahoo.com

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