419 scam: Ms Nancy <nancjemee@yahoo.com.co> Hello my dear,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Ms Nancy <nancjemee@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: Ms Nancy <nancyanttt@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 19:15:42 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello my dear,

Â Hello my dear, My name is Nancy,I will love to have a long-term friendship with you also know more about you in other to build up a solid foundation with you in time coming, if you can be able to assist me in this transaction,i have some funds which I like to invest in a good business in your country,i want you to be honest to me,trust, straightforward,Am searching for a long-term friendship and partner business investments in your country,i am in search of a foreign partner to assist me retrieve the funds from the financier firm also assist me relocate out from this country,i have contacted the firm so many times but they said that due to my Age status that they will not release the fund directly to me, the management of the financier firm advise me that i should present a foreign partner/sincere person or a company to stand on my behalf. I am now asking you to please assist me stand on my behalf to make this claim if you can handle this project sincerely, I want you to know much about me so that we can achieve this together,Please if you are willing to assist me, indicate your interest by replying soonest so i will give you all the details of it and we will know each other well before proceed,I will send you my picture in my next e-mail Yours sincerely, Thanks always Nancy,

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