419 scam: Sunday Victor <pastorsunday1960@yahoo.ca> Dearly beloved,

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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: Sunday Victor <pastorsunday1960@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: Sunday Victor <unovinc@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 13:15:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dearly beloved,

Dearly beloved,

Greetings, my name is Sunday Vincent Unongo from Cote D'Ivoire, I was a personal driver to Mr Charles Ble Goude the former Minister of youths and Employment during the last regime of the former president Laurent Gbagbo, both of them are in the custody of the ICC right now.

There was a day he sent me to a Security Company here in Abidjan during the period crisis was around the corner to deliver a box tagged family valuables which I delivered safely as his very loyal personal driver without knowing that the content was $10m, I never knew he was trying to escape to Ghana until he finally escaped and abandoned me and his cook in his house, while hiding in Ghana luck ran against him and he was arrested and taken to ICC where he is till date.

I had my way to his bedroom and discovered some documents which covers the box I delivered to the Security Company and I called the number of the security company which I saw on the document and they confirmed the box to be intact that a foreign beneficiary to Charles Ble Goude can come to claim the box in their office if proven to be a family member since the box was registered to be in their custody for only two years. I would like you to call the Security Company here to verify my claims and if possible let both of us meet in the Security Company to claim the box since they know me as the personal driver to Charles Ble Goude and I will confirm you to be his family member. We will share this money 50-50% after retrieving it from the Company. Please reply immediately through this email address unovinc@outlook.com for more details.

Thanks,

Sunday Vincent

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