419 scam: Rose Sigcau <rose.sigcau56@yahoo.fr> I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

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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:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin 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.
- sigcau.rose@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rose Sigcau <rose.sigcau56@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: sigcau.rose@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:49:44 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

Hi,

Greetings,my name is Mrs. Rose Sigcau the wife of late Mr.Johnson Sigcau,we are origin of Northern Ireland but we resided in Abidjan, Ivory-coast,West Africa.My husband was into
Cocoa business in Ivory-Coast for thirty two years before he died in the year 2007.

I would like to know you and discuss business investment issue with you.I wish to let you
know that i inherited (US$12.500.000.00) (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States of American Dollars) from my late husband which i will be interested to invest in your country through your assistance because i am inexperienced in the world of business.

Please if you are interested to assist me in all, kindly get back to me immediately for more details and to enable us discuss further on the areas we can invest this funds in your country and again i will explain to you more why i have decided to move this funds outside this country Cote D' Ivoire for investment. Meanwhile,i am offering you 15% of the total funds for all your assistance in this transaction. Kindly reply to this following email address to enables proceed:(sigcau.rose@yahoo.fr).

Regards

Mrs.Rose Sigcau.

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