419 scam: Miss Divine Edoh <divine_edoh@rediffmail.com> Dearest One,

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "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: Miss Divine Edoh <divine_edoh@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsdivine_edoh@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:12:07 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Dearest One,

Dearest One,

It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture, I am Miss Divine Edoh the only Daugther of Mr & Mrs .J.Edoh. From Republic of Cote D'ivoire in West Africa. I intend to establish in your country, though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of $8.5Million USA dollars ($8.500,000.00) in cash and Gold worth $3million USD which my late father deposited in my name here in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown person or persons. Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political crisis free. I want you to help me to transfer this fund to your country for investment purposes on the followings bellow.

Telecommunication,Automobile manufacturing,or a Five star hotel

If you can be of any assistance to this i will like you to tell me what you will take from me out of the total fund,as your charge to assist me get this fund out of this chaos nation. I will be expecting your urgent response soonest .If interested then get back to me so that i will tell you on how we are to proceed further on receipt of your response.

You can also get back to me and send me the following information for documentation purpose in your name as the beneficiary of the fund and Gold in question:

1)Your Full name:

2)Your Direct Telephonenumbers:

3)Your Current residence address:

4)Age sex and Occupation

5)A copy of your Driver's License:

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Yours truly.

Miss Divine Edoh.

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