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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 Flora Armande <misylvieadama@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: amissflora@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:27:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?U2FsYW0sIMmZeml6?=


Salam, əziz
 
Sizə gün tamamlayır i gizlilik müdaxilə əgər məni əfv edin, mənim Miss Flora Armande, Yaş 24, hündürlüyü 5 ft 11 düym, çəkisi 61, mən Abidjan-dən gec cənab Romaric Armande yeganə qızı am Fil Dişi Sahili qərb Afrikada, atam bir iş maqnat və siyasətçi idi. Mən sizə əlaqə mənim mind qədər əvvəl mən sizi bir mühüm şəxsiyyət olunur müşahidə etmişdir. I Mənimlə sizin ölkənin orada yaxşı biznes investisiya kimi olan bəzi fondlar, çünki mən sizin haqqında daha çox bilmək kimi saxlayacağıq. Mən özünü sizə bu investisiya daxil edə bilər və mən də sizin yaxşı məsləhətlər lazımdır ki, siz mənə düzgün ola bilər arzulayıram.
 
İlk növbədə, mən sizi bir həyat üçün nə bilmək kimi olacaq; Mən ilk növbədə siz əlaqə, nə olub ki, diqqət cəlb xatırlayıram. Biz boyunca ünsiyyət kimi özümüzü daha çox bilirsiniz.
 
En qısa zamanda eşitmək ümid Anlayışınız üçün təşəkkür edirik.
 
Mənim ürək ki,
Miss Flora Armande





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Hello dear,
 
Complement of the day to you, please pardon me if i interfere into your privacy, my name is Miss Flora  Armande, Age 24, height 5 ft 11 inches, weight 61, i am the only daughter of Late Mr. Romaric Armande 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 Flora  Armande

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