419 scam: "Patez Vincent" <patvin1960@cantv.net> I hope you can be trusted in this business

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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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Patez Vincent" <patvin1960@cantv.net>
Reply-To: patvinc@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:01:48 +0200
Subject: I hope you can be trusted in this business

Good day,

My name is Mr.Patez Vincent, citizen of Cote D'Ivoire. before the political crises in Cote D'Ivoire, 2010, i was serving as a chief steward to late minister of Interior Mr Desire Assegnini Tagro, who was shut to death on the 12th of April, 2011. On the 18th September 2010, my boss sent me to go and deposit a truck box to a financial security company in Accra Ghana, according to him, he has already informed the company that i will be coming to deposit a truck box with them. He gave me a cash sum of USD 30,000.00, as advance payment while depositing the box. he instructed me to declare the box as contenting family valuables and that was exactly what i did innocently, not until last two months i came across one of his lady friends who opened up to me that the box was containing a cash sum of USD 3.5 million dollars. Last month i contacted the company in Accra Ghana and they confirm that the deposit is still in there custody so this is exactly why i am contacting you to come and
assist and to stand as a family representative/foreign partner to facilitate the withdrawal because i am still having the original copies of the deposit documents with me.

Please, do keep this information strictly confidential for security reasons until we withdraw the box from the company and transfer the money to your country for investment after proper sharing as will be agreed upon.
I will not hesitate in sending you copy of the deposit document and other relivant documents to enable you contact and confirm the same from the company in Accra Ghana once i receive your acceptance and readiness to carry out this great profitable transaction with me.
I am anxiously waiting to your response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Patez Vincent.

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