419 scam: "Dorottaya Hameed."<sale@space.ocn.ne.jp> I NEED YOUR CONSENT

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Dorottaya Hameed." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dorottayahameed23@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 23:48:24 -0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR CONSENT

Dear Sir / Madam

I am Dorottaya Hameed a Syrian.I am 20 years by this year and was turned to an orphan when the Da'ish fighters {Popularly called ISIS} in a brutal raid which almost wiped out a whole community also killed my parents and two of my siblings. We hid in a sewage tunnel for two days, without food until the Da'ish fighters left.The government forces rescued us and took us to Zaatari refugee camp Mafraq, where I have remained for over two years now with no hope of ever leaving alive. I do not know how else to source for help if not through this medium. I know we have not met but I plead with you to treat my matter with utmost urgency.I found in my father's documents which I took along with me,a fund deposit certificate which was issued to him.My father deposited the sum of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars {$5.5Million},a long time ago, when he used to travel for business. I have since make enquiries and have confirmed the deposit.However,I am in the refugee camp and in a s
ituation that I cannot claim the

I am pleading with you to help me receive the fund on my behalf.I do not know any other person in this world that will help me and that is why I resorted to this medium.If you receive the fund, you will help me invest the fund in a profitable business and help me to secure visa to your country where I can start a new life. I am trusting in you that you will help me because you are my last hope to start a life again.There is no phone to call from here but I can write you mails from the army base cafe here. Please get back to me via. sgjameskyung@gmail.com .so we can plan ahead.

Sincerely,
Dorottaya Hameed.

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