419 scam: Gracia Ivanovic <summerwordtable@yahoo.co.jp> Hello Dearest,

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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:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Gracia Ivanovic <summerwordtable@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Gracia Ivanovic <gracia3ivanovic@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 18:24:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dearest,

Fund for charity organization

Hello Dearest,

With all due respect and humanity, I am writing you this email today which I know you will not ignore it.

I am a widow and childless mother, my name is Mrs. Garcia Ivanovic age 50 years with long term sickness of (cancer). I am currently admitted in my family hospital for my treatments. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband Mr. Zoran Ivanovic who died of a sickness which lasted only four days.

My late husband and I are citizens of Bosnia Herzegovina in Europe and we lived here in Abidjan Cote dâ€™Ivoire for many years
Â due to my late husband was working with the Cote dâ€™Ivoire Oil Company which is known as the PETROCI (www.petroci.ci) he worked as an expatriate in this company before his death.

And when my husband was alive he deposited this sum of â‚¬ 1.500.000.00 (One million five hundred thousand Euro) in a bank and currently this money is still in the bank.

My doctor told me that I would not last for the next few months due to my breast cancer sickness. For this reason I need someone very honest who can use these funds for the charity organization because my late husband desired to help the charitable organization with this fund and because of this he signed an agreement with the bank that this fund should be used for charitable purposes only, such as supporting the orphanages houses, building hospitals, supporting the helpless mothers and the churches etc.

As soon as I receive your assurance reply to help me in this project I shall give you the legal deposit certificate of this fund and some other documents which is needed and the contact of my bank to write to them directly for this transfer.

I am hoping to receive your answer urgently.

Thanks,
Mrs. Gracia Ivanovic

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