419 scam: "francoir Gbagbo" <wendy@insight180.com> hello

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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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "trunk boxes" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "francoir Gbagbo" <wendy@insight180.com>
Reply-To: francoirgbagbo@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 17:36:47 +0200
Subject: hello

Good Day,

I am francoir Gbagbo from Cote D' Ivoire nephew to Ex-President Laurent
Gbagbo, I arrived to Accra Ghana with $40,000,000.00 in two trunk boxes.
The money is clean

and spendable but it is compacted in four $100 bills sachets each with
instruction manual on how to separate the bills with a sample of little
fluid and contacts of

the minting company that has the fluid for separation of the bills.

I have tried the experiment and it work out successfully, I want you to
assist me to invest this fund in a profitable business and I will give you
25% of the total

money for your assistance. I will like to talk to you on video camera
through messenger or Skype so that I will separate some of the bills with
the remaining little

sample fluid for your confirmation of what I just told you to be real.

If you wish you may come to Ghana, so that both of us will work together
on the process and also the transfer of the fund to your country for
investment purposes,

attached is the picture of one of the box and the compacted sachets bills.

Thanks for your cooperation,
francoir Gbagbo

phone: +233 23 0249412
Skype: francoir.gbagbo1

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