419 scam: "mss.evlyne.loba" <mss.evlyne.loba@gmail.com> Help me please

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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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mss.evlyne.loba" <mss.evlyne.loba@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "mss.evlyne.loba" <mss.evlyne_loba@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 05:06:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Help me please

Hello Dear,

With due respect, I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter please. l am Miss. Evelyn Loba, the daughter of late Chief and Mrs. George Loba, My father was a very wealthy cocoa and coffee merchant in Abidjan here, economic capital of Ivory Coast west Africa,before the death of my father in a private hospital here, he secretly called me at his bedside, when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying, why? He complained that I am too young to be managing my life with no one to take care of me, he revealed to me that he has a very huge sum of ($9,500.000 US) left in BANK here, that he used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of this funds.

I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present him/her to the bank for transfer my inheritance money to his or her bank account overseas for an investment purpose. I have chosen to contact you today after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust on you. But rather take me as your own daughter.

I contact you to help me to transfer my inheritance money in your bank account and make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further my university education in medical science.

l am willing to offer you 20% of the total amount as a reward for your assistance to me.

Hoping to hear from you soon.
Miss. Evlyne Loba

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