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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: Petra Abou Abou <petraabouabou@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: petrabou35@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:13:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?5L2g5aW977yM5Lqy54ix55qE77yM?=



你好，亲爱的，
 
补一天给你，请原谅我，如果我干扰到您的隐私，我的名字是吴佩特拉安博，24岁，身高5英尺11英寸，体重61，我是从阿比让晚Mr.Sylvestre安博的唯一的女儿，在西非象牙海岸，我的父亲是一个商界大亨和政客。我观察了你是一个重要的个性之前，我做了我的心与您联系。我会想更多地了解你，因为我有我的一些资金，我将在你的国家有一个良好的商业投资。我希望你可以给我说实话，这样我可以带你进入这个投资我自己，我也需要你的好建议。
 
首先，我想知道你做了什么的生活，记住你引起了我的注意，这就是为什么我在第一时间与您联系。我们知道自己的时间更多，因为我们的沟通沿。
 
感谢您的理解，希望能听到您的到来。
 
从我的心里，
小姐佩特拉安博

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













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