419 scam: Glady Coleman <glady.coleman@yahoo.co.uk> 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:

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 us 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)
- ",000,000" (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Glady Coleman <glady.coleman@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: Glady Coleman <gladycoleman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 15:06:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GREETINGS

My dear friend,

My name is Miss. Gladys Coleman, and I am a British citizen, currently living in Cote d'ivoire located in West Africa. I am a banker by profession and here in our bank I am one of the senior accountants. Now I have a confidential issue that I would like to discuss with you.

In 2011 there was civil war in this country Cote d'ivoire and during the war many people were killed, one of our bank customers was killed including his entire family was wiped out by the military army that supported the formal president.

He was a foreigner and he worked as an expatriate well Engineer with SHELL Petroleum Company and before his death he deposited $36,000,000 (Thirty-six million US dollars) in our bank, during my research I found that he died along with the person he had as a next of kin.

Through my research I also discovered that there was nobody left to claim the fund. Now I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the fund before being confiscated, so that we can claim the fund paid into your account by the bank and then you and I can share the money, 50% for me and 40% for you, while 10% is for any expenses incurred.

I have information that can backing up our claim. All I need from you is your honest cooperation to enable this business through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law. Please all our communications should be confidential for security purposes.

The crisis in this country in 2011, you can read the news here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-11916590

I am waiting for your quick response.

My best wishes,

Miss. Gladys Coleman.

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