419 scam: Myriam Phillippe <phillippe.myriam@info2link.biz> FROM MISS MYRIAM PHILIP

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- myriam_54philippe@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Myriam Phillippe <phillippe.myriam@info2link.biz>
Reply-To: myriam_54philippe@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:10:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MISS MYRIAM PHILIP

FROM MISS MYRIAM PHILIP
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE,
WEST AFRICA.

DEAREST ONE,

I got your contact address on my desperate search for a reliable person/company for partnership investments
overseas. By introduction, I am Myriam Philip Sierra Leonean and daughter of late DR Johnson Philip before the death of my father he disclosed to me about the total sum of 22 Million Euro he deposited under a suspense account with a bank in Abidjan Cote dâ€™Ivoire.

This fund represent the huge Sales of Gold and Diamond he diverted while in office as the director general for Gold and Diamond Mining Co-Portioning in Sierra Leone .For security reason according to my late father, he made an agreement with the bank that his partner/beneficiary will come forward to submit his banking details for onward transfer of the fund to his account. DR Johnson Philip, my late father advice me in case if he died that I should look for a foreigner who will stand as the beneficiary of the fund so that the fund will be transfer to his/her account for partnership investment. Right now, I am in Abidjan Ivory Coast, transferring this fund to a
trustworthy account. Meanwhile, I am writing to know if you can stand as the beneficiary of the fund and to also provide me your banking details so that I will submit it to the bank for transfer of the fund for partnership investment you will introduce in your country.

Note that after the transfer is made to your account, you will then with draw some money and send to us in order for me and my two sisters secure the necessary documents to enable us come over to meet you for the investment. On confirmation of your interest to assist us, the certificate of deposit with the lodgement receipt of the fund which was issued to my late father by the bank on the day he deposited the fund will be forward
to you for your confirmation. 10% of the total sum will be offered to you for your assistance, while 4% will be set aside for any expenses that might arise during the transfer. Indicate your interest as soon as you received this mail, and note that this transaction needs to be confidential. Please always contact me through this mail: myriam_54philippe@yahoo.co.jp for further explanation.

Yours sincerely
Miss. Myriam Philip.

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