419 scam: "Dominique"<info@trad.ocn.ne.jp> From:Ms.Sylvia Dominique

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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)
- "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: "Dominique" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <msssylvia1994@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:42:28 -0800
Subject: From:Ms.Sylvia Dominique

From:Ms.Sylvia Dominique
Abidjan Cote d`Ivoire

Greetings, it is my pleasure contacting you to make this noble request; I expect you’re not going to let down this trust am about to repose on you; for the fact that we have not yet known or written to each other before; though I will not compel you to honor this request, against your will.

My name is Ms.Sylvia Dominique, from Cote d’Ivoire West Africa. I am the only child of my late parents. My reason for contacting you, is that I am seriously in need to find somebody whom i can trust with my inheritance legacy, for foreign direct investment establishment management as foreign trustee partner.

I am seriously searching for a very reliable person, who will assist me to invest the sum of 9,500,000$ USD; which i inherited from my late father who was killed recently for no just cause during political crises in my country. I am ready to relocate to political stable country, in order to secure a permanent resident permit, for foreign direct investment establishment in lucrative avenues. I wish to invest in areas like (Real Estate Project, Hotel Management Resort and Transportation Etc.

Your urgent response is needed, so that I will give you full details on my plans, for relocating to your country for foreign direct investment establishment.
Please in case if you are not in a good position to work with me on this aspect. I will appreciate you inform me immediately.

I am expecting your urgent response.
Respectful
Ms. Sylvia Dominique
Yamoussoukro Ivory Coast(Cote d'Ivoire) West Africa

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