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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: marmande24@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:54:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hei_kj=E6re=2C?=


Hei kjære,
 
Komplimenter av dagen til deg, kan du tilgi meg hvis jeg forstyrrer inn ditt privatliv, mitt navn er Miss Flora Armande, Alder 24, høyde 5 ft 11 inches, 61 vekt, jeg er den eneste datteren av sen Mr. Romaric Armande fra Abidjan, Elfenbenskysten i vest-Afrika, var min far en bedrift Tycoon og en politiker. Jeg observerte at du er en viktig personlighet før jeg bestemte meg for å kontakte deg. Vennligst Jeg vil gjerne vite mer om deg fordi jeg har med meg noen midler som jeg vil like å investere i en god forretning der borte i ditt land. Jeg skulle ønske du kunne være ærlig mot meg slik at jeg kan gå inn i denne investeringen med deg ved meg selv og jeg vil også trenger dine gode råd.
 
Først av alt vil jeg gjerne vite hva du gjør for en levende, husk du fanget min oppmerksomhet at det var derfor jeg kontaktet deg i første omgang. Vi vil kjenne oss selv mer som vi kommuniserer sammen.
 
Takk for din forståelse og håper å høre fra deg snart.
 
Fra mitt hjerte,
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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