419 scam: Lea Abiba Mangou <leamangou01@gmail.com> Greeting from Miss Lea Abiba Mangou

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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:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Lea Abiba Mangou <leamangou01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Lea Abiba Mangou <leamangou01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:40:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greeting from Miss Lea Abiba Mangou

>From Miss.Lea Abiba Mangou
Permit me to inform you of my
desire of going into
business relationship with you.I am writing you this message with tears and sorrow and i know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. My name is Miss.Lea Abiba Mangou i am from Sierra Leone in west Africa but presently i am now in a country called CoteD'Ivoire where my late father deposited this fund .I am a orphan girl of 21 years old, I wish to invest in manufacturing and real estate management in your base, this
is because Inherited an important sum from my late father who was poisoned to death recently.My father was a 16 years economic operator,director in his Company
My father was a very good business man and also a politician here in my
country, he was poisoned to death by his business associates and also his fellow politician on one of their business trips recently.Before his sudden death, He called me on his bedside bed at the hospital in my country Sierra Leone in west Africa and he told me that he has a sum of $5.5 Million USD deposited in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire In west Africa , that he used my name for the next of kin in depositing of the fund.I am going to give you 15% from the total sum of money once it arriveto your account and 5% will be set aside for any expenses that may occur during the transaction.
Awaiting your urgent reply
Regards
Miss.Lea Abiba
Mangou

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