419 scam: "Miss.Nadia Abass" <jamesillia9@gmail.com> Greeting my dear,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
This email message is a orphan scam.
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.
- missnadiaabass6@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss.Nadia Abass" <jamesillia9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: missnadiaabass6@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:17:16 +0100
Subject: Greeting my dear,

Greeting my dear,

I am Miss.Nadia Abass. by name, The only daughter of late MR. MOGAMAT
ASHRAF ABASS, My father was the manager of one of the biggest oil and
gas company here in Benin Republic, when he was alive. After he was
poisoned by his business associates which he suffered and died. Before
the death of my father, He left about ( USD 750,000.00 United State
Dollars ) which he deposited with UBA Bank here Benin Republic and am
the next of kin.

It was the money he intended to transfer overseas for other of his
project before he was poisoned. I have been to the UBA Bank to claim
the funds but the director of the Bank told me that i am not allow to
operate my late fathers account yet because of the security Claus my
father placed on the account which stated that i must come up to 30
years of age before i will be allow to start operating the accoun.

But the manager of the Bank also advised me that since i need the
money very urgent i should look for a good and honest foreign partners
in overseas to be my trustee to help me receive the funds on my behalf
and help me to invest it into any good profitable business as i do not
have any business experience to manage such huge amount of money on my
own.

Please am seeking for your kind assistance in the following ways: (1)
to provide a safe bank account where the money will be transferred for
the investment project. (2) To serve as a guardian of this funds since
I am a girl of 26 years old. (3) To make arrangement for me to come
over to your country to further my education. This is my reason for
writing to you. Please if you are interested to help me in this case
kindly feel free to contact me back immediately. on my
email:(missnadiaabass6@gmail.com)

Yours faithful.
Miss Nadia Abass.

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