419 scam: Georata Cynthia <georatac@yahoo.com.vn> from cynthia

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Georata Cynthia <georatac@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: cynthia.georata@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:59:35 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: from cynthia

Hi, brethren in the lord.

we
hope that we are not embarrassing you with this mail because you did
not expect it or know us before but kindly forgive us because we are in
danger right now. I am cynthia georata. 18years and my younger Brother
joel 16 years old, we are from Cote d'lvoire and we are the only
children of late Mr and Mrs yaya georata. our late father is among the
presidential Cabinet here in cote d'ivoire . the
reason we are contacting you is that we had a presidential crises here
in cote d'ivoire, after the election 2010 presidential election in this
country, both parties Allassane and Gbagbo and that resolved to the war
that we had, because our late father was the Cabinet of opposition party
Lauren Gbagbo, the people of the opposition stormed into our house, our
parents were both shot to death instantly and our house was burnt down
by unknown men, me and Favour escaped that night to near by compound, we
know that it was the help of GOD not by our powers. as we are
contacting you right now, we are in danger right now we are still hiding
in one local church, the people that killed our parents are after our
lives now to make sure that our family are drastically wiped off. Please,
brethren in Christ, when my father was alive he deposited some amount
in the Bank here with our names, it's the sum ($2,000,000) two Million
dollars, he said that we will use the money to invest when we grow up.
Please, i want you to step forward as our foreign partner so that you
will help us secure our live and fund into your country so that me and
my younger Brother will come over there and continue our education and
use the rest of the money for any investment prefered by you in your
country. please
we are waiting for your intervention, l have
contact the Bank but they refused me of withdrawing the money, they
said that my age is too small due to the Agreement they enter with my
late father that i have to wait until I'm 25 years according to their
rules but our live are in danger right now. Please let GOD use you to save our souls.your sincerely,cynthia and joel georata

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