419 scam: "Miss Latasha Nguyen" <lndg@outlook.com> Dear Respectful One,

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Latasha Nguyen" <lndg@outlook.com>
Reply-To: latasha.nguyen@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:45:50 -1000
Subject: Dear Respectful One,

Dear Respectful One,

My name is Latasha Nguyen,Im an orphan now 22 years old single girl & I study geology at University of Cocody Abidjan.My
father Micheal Juan Nguyen is a medical Doctor from Perth western Australia citizen,why my mother worked with the oil
and gas ministry cote d I'voire.

Due to the relationship of my parents my mother assisted my father to gain a contracts to the former first lady of this
country Mrs. Simon Gbagbo the wife of the former president Gbagbo.Because of political crises in cote d'Ivoire I lost
My boths parents during the war in 27th of March 2011 you can google out((Duekoue city crises) to read about the full story.

my mother deposited (Â£3,000,000.00 )three million UK pounds in one bank here in cote d'Ivoire in which my name is the
next of kin Iam asking for your assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks well of you,I want you to
stand with me as my guardian for the Bank to be transferred the fund to your account in your country and then you will
assist me to come over to your country to continue

my education beasuse my late mothers brother betrayed me by claims & selling my late Mothers properties he threat me to
give him deposite documents of this fund so that he will claim it,I ran out of the house & right now I hide my self in
the church power of life Gospel church.I want to move out here for the safety of my life.

If you can be trusted for more information about this Proposal, I await your immediate response.

With love,

>From Latasha.

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