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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 <misspamela_ebou@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: amissflora@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:57:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hallo liebe,


Hallo liebe,
 
Komplement der Tag für Sie, bitte verzeihen Sie mir, wenn ich in deine Privatsphäre eingreifen, mein Name ist Fräulein Flora Armande, Alter 24, Höhe 5 ft 11 Zoll, Gewicht 61 ist, bin ich die einzige Tochter des Late Mr. Romaric Armande von Abidjan, Elfenbeinküste in Westafrika, war mein Vater ein Business-Tycoon und Politiker. Ich beobachtete Sie sind eine wichtige Persönlichkeit, bevor ich meine Entscheidung getroffen hatte, Sie zu kontaktieren. Bitte Ich werde gerne mehr über Sie wissen, weil ich mit mir einige Fonds, die Ich mag in einem guten Geschäft zu investieren drüben in Ihrem Land haben wird. Ich wünschte, du könntest ehrlich zu mir, damit ich in diese Investition mit dir gehen kann mit mir selbst und ich muss auch eure guten Ratschläge.
 
Zunächst einmal wird Ich mag wissen, was Sie tun für ein Leben, du erinnerst dich, dass meine Aufmerksamkeit erregte war, warum ich Sie kontaktiert an erster Stelle. Wir kennen uns mehr als wir vorwärts zu kommunizieren.
 
Danke für Ihr Verständnis und hoffen, von Ihnen bald zu hören.
 
Von meinem Herzen,
Fräulein Flora Armande







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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