419 scam: Tina Cota <tina208cota@yahoo.com> Greetings

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Tina Cota <tina208cota@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 19:28:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings

Hello dear

How are you today, i hope that you are doing fine as i am feeling alright also, My is Tina
I am very good looking and pretty ,sincere and trusted, God fearing,
Dear it was very great pleasure when i got your email contacts address
and i feel a great joy in my
heart writing to
you because aim interested on you despite that i have not seen you in person,
but the spirit of
God
really gave me a nice pleasure to communicate with you. and I hope you
will be the true honest and trusted foreign partner, Please if your
really serious and to know much details contact me back because i have
allot of things and top secret to tell you about my desire of contacting
you So please contact me directly through
my private email address at so that i will give you more detail and also we can know each other directly I will be

waiting for your reply soonest
From Tina

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