419 scam: Liz Nguyen <lizngu01@gmail.com> Calvary greetings to you

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "calvary greetings" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Liz Nguyen <lizngu01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Liz Nguyen <lizngu888@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 19:46:09 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Calvary greetings to you

Calvary greetings to you,

Greetings
in the name of Jesus Christ! may God's grace and peace be with you.
Sorry if this message come to you as a surprise,My name is Mrs. Liz
Nguyen, born in texas a citizen of USA, Married to late Dr. Lloyd Nguyen
who work in american embassy Ivory Coast for ten years. Im sending you
this message from my sick bed.Nurse help me to write you this mail and I
got your email through my late husband internet data. Im currently
addmited to the hospital here
in Ivory Coast suffering
from kidney cancer & parkinson disease which denied me making
babies,It's quite obviouse that my Doctor mentioned that I will not last
more than 22 days.

My late husband Dr.
Lloyd Nguyen deposited $5000,000.00 USD (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS ) in bank here in Ivory Coast . I wish to know if I can trust
you to use this fund for charity project like orphanages, undisprivilege
peoples, poor peoples and churches remember in (Proverb 19:17)" He that
hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath
given will he pay him again". Itook this decision because I don't have
any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are the
one that kill my late husband with food poison.

Take
%20 percent of the total fund $5000,000.00 USD (FIVE MILLION UNITED
STATE DOLLARS ) as a compensation use %80 for charity as I
mentioned.Immediately I hear from you I will give details to achieve it,
Please always be prayerful all through, any delay in your reply will
give me room insourcing another man/woman of good faith for this same
purpose.

God bless you,
Mrs. Liz Nguyen.

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