419 scam: Ephraim Seydou <ephraim_seydou@att.net> Complement of the day

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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:
- "here in london united kingdom" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "syephraim01@cantv.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Ephraim Seydou <ephraim_seydou@att.net>
Reply-To: syephraim@cantv.net
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:19:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Complement of the day

Complement of the day

From Mr.Ephraim Seydou

Dear Respectful One,

Please,permit me to inform you of my desire of going into long time relationship and financial transaction for our mutual benefits.It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country.Though we have not meet before but I believe,one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

I am Ephraim Seydou and my younger Sister Evelyn the children of late Mr.Ernest K.Seydou from Sierra Leone.My sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you.Our father was a naval officer and also an Agents representing OFFSHORE GOLD AND DIAMOND SALES in Sierra Leone.Before the untimely death of my father on in a private hospital here in Abidjan he called me and my Sister on his bedside and told us that he has a sum of GBP£7.2Million in fix deposit account in Bank here in London United Kingdom that he used our name as the next of kin in depositing the fund.And that we should seek for a reliable foreign partner in a country of our choice where to transfer this money and use it for investment purpose.

I humbly seek for your assistance,to help us to transfer this money in your account for investment,and to serve as Foreign guardian of this fund,since we are still a student,to make arrangement for our coming to your country to further education while you manage the investment.Thanks as you made up your heart to help an orphan like us.If you can be of an assistance, we will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund while the balance will be invested by you.

Please,I urge you to make this transaction a confidential within your hearth for security purposes.

I await your soonest response via this my email address(syephraim01@cantv.net)

Yours Respectfully,

Ephraim Seydou

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