419 scam: "Eric Yanick"<insurance@myssangyong.ru> Buyer Needed

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Eric Yanick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eric.yanick11@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 05:46:06 -0000
Subject: Buyer Needed

Buyer Needed
It is my pleasure to inform you that we have some Au gold for sales and I am glad to send to you this mail for your consideration to purchase the Gold from us locally here in my country Ivory Coast. Well as for the moment we have 150kgs Au Gold , Please let me know your interest, our discount depends on how many kilos you are capable to buy. Purity is 94.5% pure. Origin Cote D’lviore

Finally, seller is ready and willing to sign contract agreement with the buyer for the period of any months if he wishes to do so. We have all the legal documentation accompanying our Gold.

Waiting for your reply
Regards

Seller secretary

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This electronic communication (including attachments) may contain my privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are prohibited from disseminating, distributing or copying this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me by return message, and delete this communication from your system. Many thanks.

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