419 scam: misszeinab wilcox <misszeinab_wilcox@outlook.com> Dear Respectiful,

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: misszeinab wilcox <misszeinab_wilcox@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 12:26:55 +0000
Subject: Dear Respectiful,

Miss Zeinab Wilcox
Abidjan,
Cote D'Ivoire

Dear Respectiful,

My name is Miss Zeinab Wilcox and from Kenyan.

I found your profile and was convinced in my spirit to confide in you on a very confidential discuss, although it was really a very hard decision for me to take since I cannot be able to see you face to face at first. Being the only dauther of my father, late Mr.Basil from KWATANATAL ZULU in Republic of South Africa(SA)My father was limited liability Cocoa and Gold merchant in JOHNESBOURG Kenyan.Are before his untimely death. After his business trip to Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire, to nagociate on a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. A week after he came back from Abidjan, he got an accident with my mother of which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon, I didn?t know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother, but before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die.He my father,(MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE) he disclosed to me that he deposited sum of (10,000,000,00 US Dollars (TEN MILLION DOLLARS) in a security company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold company he wanted to establish in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire though, according to my father he deposited the money in a trunk box but declared it as vital family belongings. He single handed me the key of the box and the deposit certificate and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for my life time investment abroad.

Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me in retrieving this box from the Security Company and to open an account here from where it will then be transferred into your bank account in your country for investment purpose in any meaningful lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope in life.Lastly what percentage of the total amount will be good for your assistance. Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me?
2. Can I completely trustyou?
3.What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?

Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. For confidentiality I will like you to contact me through my private email address

I await your immediate response

Yours sincerely.

Miss Zeinab Wilcox

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