419 scam: Eveline Oussou <eveous@zipmail.com.br> 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:

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:
- "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Eveline Oussou <eveous@zipmail.com.br>
Reply-To: eveouss@live.fr
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:41:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I need your assistance,

I need your assistance,

Please it is with difficulty and pain in my heart that I write you this letter, i will not want you to honor this proposal against your wish. I am a deaf and dum this illness started after the death My father who was a highly reputable oil business dealer who operated in the economic capital ( Abidjan ) of Ivory Coast during his days the death of Mr Oussou is a vary long story between political head of this country an my uncles which is his brothers. My mother died when I was just 6 years old in a car accident, and since then my father took me so special till his death too.

I want to invest under your care, the sum of ($35,000.000 USD) my father deposit, he deposited the fund as a family treasure for security reasons. I am 19 years old girl and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot of set back and illness the death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.

But permit me to ask these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me as you could do to your own relation?

I am proposing to give you 10% of the total investment sum as commission for your role, co-operation and assistance to facilitate the transaction and honestly receive the funds on my behalf in your country before we commence the investment project, I assure you that this transaction is 100% safe, risk free and legal and I guarantee that this cooperation would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you and me from any breach of law. However, we need absolute honesty, sincerity, confidentiality, reliability and trust to achieve this project successfully.

Moreover, my health and education is vary important to me which i have to take care of immediately this fund is been transfer to your country.

Thanks for your understanding.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Eveline Oussou.

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