419 scam: Jeff Alain <jeffalain99@hotmail.com> Greetings

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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: Jeff Alain <jeffalain99@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jefflain226@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:41:00 +0000
Subject: Greetings

Greetings,

Please allow me to intimate you with a business
transaction that would benefit both of us. My name is Jeff Alain, I am
the director of the project and engineering division of SODECI (Société
de distribution d'eau de Côte d'Ivoire). I will want you to assist me in
the claim and transfer of Seven Million Euros.

This amount
was realized from over-invoiced contract amount awarded by us in 2011 to
expatriate companies. The Contract's Amount was deliberately
overestimated to read more than the actual cost of the project thus
leaving a surplus of Seven Million Euros. However, as a staff of SODECI I
cannot claim this money without a foreign partner who will act as the
contract beneficiary and as such, entitled to receive the funds as
payment. This is why I am contacting you to allow this money to be
transferred into your account and to be my custodian for the money.

If
you are willing to assist me in this transaction please get back to me
so I can give you further details about this transaction. I am willing
to give you 25% of the total amount after the transfer, the rest will be
held and released to me when I get to your country. I look forward to
hear from you.

Regards,

Jeff

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