419 scam: patricia usomine <pattricia26@att.net> from patrcia and joel

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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:
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "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: patricia usomine <pattricia26@att.net>
Reply-To: usominepatricia@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 08:13:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from patrcia and joel

we hope that we are not embarrssing you with this mail because you did not expect it or know us before but kindly forgive us becuase we are in danger right now.

I am patricia usomine. 16years and my younger brother joel 12 years old, we are an angola by nationality we are the only children of late Mr and Mrs jason usomine the former president of Cote'd Ivoire chambers of Cocoa & Coffee Deallers Association in cote'd ivoire.

our late father was very wealthy cocoa & coffee dealler here in cote'd ivoire, our mother died after given birth to joel 12years ago, our father was poisoned to death on 27 febuary 2010 by his political members, may thier souls rest in peace, please we want you to step forward as our father's business partner so that you can secure our lives and our funds into your country.

as we are contacting you right now, we are in danger right now, the people that killed our father is after our lives now to make sure that our family are drastically wipped off, infact, as we are writing to you now we are hiding at ophanage camp here abidjan.

our father advised us to look for a good foregner that can help us to invest our fund outside this country, please if you can help us to secure our life and our fund to your country we will sincerely give you 5%, out of the fund once the fund is been transfered out of this country to your country, and we will come over to your country to further our education and use the rest of the money for any investement prefared by you in your country.

your sincerely

patricia and joel usomine

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