419 scam: "Miss Affoue Nogbou"<info@scubabirds.ru> Re:Please I need your help

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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:
- "consignment " (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)
- "million dollars" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Affoue Nogbou" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <polimetalica@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:11:34 -0700
Subject: Re:Please I need your help

Hello dear beloved one,
Please I need your help or they will kill me here.
I am Miss Affoue Nogbou, from West Africa. Please I am seeking for your attention to assist me in transferring my late father's fund $8.5 million dollars your country to enable me join you after this fund is delivered to you through the delivery company where by late father deposited the fund in a consignment there in the delivery company here in my country. It is Deposited by My late father but my uncle is a total trait to my life. My late father is an exporter of Cocoa in our country, but he died in a motor accident with my mother, Please I want you to help me invest my late father's fund into a profitable business in your country like REAL ESTATE / INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES etc. If you agree we shall both share the total annual profit. I will give you More details and my photo in your next mail.

Please I am waiting for your mail to help me out, if not my wicked uncle will kill me
Thanks and God bless you.
Miss Affoue N.
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Hola querida amada
Por favor, necesito tu ayuda o me matarán aquí.
Soy Miss Affoue Nogbou, de África occidental. Por favor, estoy buscando su atención para ayudarme a transferir el fondo de mi difunto padre $ 8.5 millones de dólares a su país para permitirme unirme a usted después de que este fondo se le entregue a través de la compañía de entrega donde el difunto padre depositó el fondo en un envío allí en el empresa de entrega aquí en mi país. Es depositado por mi difunto padre, pero mi tío es un rasgo total de mi vida. Mi difunto padre es un exportador de cacao en nuestro país, pero murió en un accidente automovilístico con mi madre. Por favor, quiero que me ayuden a invertir el fondo de mi difunto padre en un negocio rentable en su país como EMPRESAS INMOBILIARIAS / INDUSTRIALES, etc. Si está de acuerdo, ambos compartiremos el beneficio anual total. Te daré más detalles y mi foto en tu próximo correo.

Por favor, estoy esperando tu correo para ayudarme, si no, mi malvado tío me matará
Gracias y que Dios te bendiga.
Miss Affoue N.

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