419 scam: =?gb2312?B?TWVtZWwgQm9ob3VuIEJvdWFicqim?= <memeibohou13@rediffmail.com> =?gb2312?B?RnJvbSBNZW1lbCBCb2hvdW4gQm91YWJyqKY=?=

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?B?TWVtZWwgQm9ob3VuIEJvdWFicqim?= <memeibohou13@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: memelbouabr@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:45:36 +0800 (CST)
Subject: =?gb2312?B?RnJvbSBNZW1lbCBCb2hvdW4gQm91YWJyqKY=?=

From Memel Bohoun Bouabr¨¦

Compliments of the Season.

I hope this mail meets you in good health. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit.

I am Miss Memel Paul Antoine Bohoun Bouabr¨¦ from Ivory Coast the only Daughter of late Paul Antoine Bohoun Bouabr¨¦ who was killed after the capture of the former president Gbagbo of Ivory Coast, I wish to request for your assistance in an immediate transaction. My late father the Minister of Finance,Cote Ivoire. My father died in Israel some back now due to the shock and internal habiliment as a result of the turret before he fled from the country with the help of one of the new administration aid.

But before then, he instructed me and my mother to look for a foreigner who will assist us for an investment overseas.

He discloses to us about Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($5.5 million USD) deposited in a financial institution Which he kept for Investment in a financial Storage company. After several Days of funeral of my late father, My uncles and some members of the family started treating us bad with their human wickedness and diabolic powers, thereby forcing my mother out of her matrimonial home which at end they eliminated my mother and left me motherless and fatherless.

I only need you to secure this fund in your Names so that they can not discover the money please. I will reward you greatly if you can be very kind to me and secure this fund and as soon as possible.

I will give you details as soon as you reply positively to this very approach.

Awaiting your response urgently .

Truly yours,

Miss Memel Bouabr¨¦

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