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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Nina Ouattara <msnina_dame@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: nina.ouattara@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 13:40:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello my dear,


Hello my dear,
 
Complement of the day to you, please pardon me if i interfere into your privacy, my name is Miss Nina Ouattara, Age 24, height 5 ft 11 inches, weight 61, i am the only daughter of Late Mr. Donald Ouattara from ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast in west Africa, my father was a business tycoon and a politician. I observed you are an important personality before i made up my mind to contact you. Please i will like to know more about you because i have with me some funds which i will like to invest in a good business over there in your country. I wish you could be honest to me so that i can go into this investment with you by my self and i will also need your good advices.
 
First of all, I will like to know what you do for a living; remember you caught my attention that was why i contacted you in the first place. We will know ourselves more as we communicate along.
 
Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear from you soon.
 
>From my heart,
Miss Nina Ouattara
 
 

Bună, draga mea,
 
Complement de zi pentru tine, te rog, iartă-mă dacă am interveni în intimitatea ta, numele meu este Miss Nina Outtara, Vârsta 24, inaltime 5 ft 11 inci, greutate 61 de ani, i-am singura fiică a domnului Donald Late Outtara din Abidjan, Coasta de Fildeş, în Africa de Vest, tatăl meu a fost un magnat de afaceri şi un politician. Am observat eşti o personalitate importantă, înainte am făcut până mintea mea să vă contacteze. Vă rugăm să i se va dori să ştie mai multe despre tine, pentru că am cu mine unele fonduri care i se va dori să investească într-o afacere bună acolo în ţara dumneavoastră. Va doresc putea fi sincer cu mine, aşa că i se poate merge în această investiţie cu tine de eul meu şi voi avea nevoie, de asemenea, sfaturi de bun.
 
Mai întâi de toate, voi dori să ştiu ce faci pentru un trai; vă amintiţi-a atras atenţia mea că a fost de aceea te-am contactat în primul rând. Vom şti noi înşine mai mult ca vom comunica de-a lungul.
 
Vă mulţumim pentru înţelegere, sperând să aud de la tine în curând.
 
Din inima mea,
Dor de Nina Ouattara

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