419 scam: victoria demba <victoriademba82@gmail.com> FROM MADAM VICTORIA DEMBA,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: victoria demba <victoriademba82@gmail.com>
Reply-To: victoriademba8@yahoo.cn
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:06:51 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM MADAM VICTORIA DEMBA,

FROM MADAM VICTORIA DEMBA,

This is Madam Victoria Demba, I am suffering from mysterious and complicated illness, I am writing from the hospital in Cote D'Ivoire, this mail is very urgent. I was told by the doctor that, I will only live for few month. I inherited some money ($4.7 Million usdollars ) from my late Husband which I do not want the fund to go in vain since I can not survive from the illness.

This is the favour I need from you when you have gotten this fund:

(1) Use 50% of this fund for charities, donate to churches and orphanage.

(2) Use 50% for any investment of your choice and to support my house girl in life and send her to the best university in your country when she come to meet you in your country.

This should be a code between you and me in this transaction "Hospital" any mail message without this code "Hospital" is not from me or my house girl as I don't know what will happen to me in the next few hours.Please don't betray the trust I have manifest in you. I don't want you to expose this transaction to anybody around you there or here until you finish the transaction with the security company. the fund was deposited with the security company here and will be release and deliver to your house addres.

May God bless you and guide you to make good use of the fund.

Best Regards.

Madam Victoria Demba.

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