419 scam: Joice Raphael <joice.raphae19@yahoo.com.ph> Dear 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:
- "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)
- "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: Joice Raphael <joice.raphae19@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: joice.raphael@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:39:01 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Dear One,

Dear One,

Greetings, I know you may be surprise to receive my mail due to the fact that we haven't known each other well, I belieive we will know each other better soon.

Please I am contacting you due to the political problem in my country that have turned me into becoming a widow over night. my husband was one of the cocoa board directors in Bouake the northern part of Cote D'Ivoire under the administration of the former president Laurent Gbagbo but the rebel groups have taken over the leadership and killed my husband after forcing him to hand over the documents in his possession, When he was alive and under house arest he instructed that I should look for a foreigner who will assist me to claim a trunk box containing the sum of ($10m) Ten Million U.S.Dollars, which he deposited in one of the Security Conpany in Abidjan so that I being his wife and his next of kin will escape and relocate with our only son of almost 3 years old to another country that he was not sure they will leave him alive of which they really killed him.

Please this is my main reason of contacting you now so, I plead that you indicate your kind and godly interest of helping us out fast before they track us down because the present government are killing the former president's group silently, I will forward the contact details of the Security Conpany for you to contact them as my foreign beneficiary. Presently we are in Abidjan but does not expose ourselves.Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

Mrs Joice Raphael.

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