419 scam: Slyvia Dominic <slyviadominic7@yahoo.com.sg> From: Ms.Slyvia Dominic,

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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:
- "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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- slyviadominic75@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Slyvia Dominic <slyviadominic7@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: slyviadominic75@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:17:29 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: From: Ms.Slyvia Dominic,

From: Ms.Slyvia Dominic,
Email : slyviadominic75@yahoo.com

It is my pleasure to contact you after going through your profile.
I expect that you are not going to let down this trust am about to repose on you. Though I will not compel you to honor this proposal,against your will, but first let me introduce myself to you.

My name is Ms.Slyvia Dominic from Ivory Coast Africa. My dream is to find somebody overseas whom I can trust with my future life and inheritance, also who can be able to assist me for relocation abroad and also assist me in my investment plans abroad. I am seriously searching for a very reliable person, who will assist me in this investment plans over there.

I have some amount worth 7,200,000$USD which I inherited from my late father who was a traditional ruler before his untimely death, now.
I am ready to relocate out of this country and come over there to your area so that I will secure a business opportunity. I wish to invest in Hospital Equipment, Transportation, Agricultural Project and Real Estate.

I need to invest the money in your base because of the political instabilities here.
Ms.Slyvia Dominic Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire

Email : slyviadominic75@yahoo.com

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