419 scam: "Vivian Conner"<ecircle3@laposte.net> Good Day

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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: "Vivian Conner" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vivianc12@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:32:06 -0600
Subject: Good Day

Vivian Conner is my name, I was the Bank Account officer and a close confidant to the Rockefeller family – one of the richest families in the United States of America. I have access to the documents covering the sum of £13,500,000.00 (thirteen million Five hundred British pounds) belonging to Dr. Richard Rockefeller who died in a jet crash on June 13, 2014. This money is deposited with a bank in Great Britain for hospital establishment and a Charity Foundation in the name of Dr. Richard as intended by him – We are two persons that were the only witnesses and have access to this and now that he is dead, I solicit for your attention to partner with us to receive this money in order to carry out these proposed projects.

In the meantime, you can read or check out the link below for information about Dr. Richard and the Rockefeller family history.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/ 06/14/nyregion/richard- rockefeller-killed-in-new- york-plane-crash.html?_r=0

I will give you more details when I get your response to this mail.

Thanks
Vivian

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