419 scam: floragbagbo <floragbagbo@hotmail.fr> FROM MISS FLORA GBAGBO

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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 united states 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)
- "reward you with 30%" (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)
- "floragbagbo@live.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "floragbagbo@live.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: floragbagbo <floragbagbo@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: floragbagbo@live.fr
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 00:16:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MISS FLORA GBAGBO

FROM MISS FLORA GBAGBO
EMAIL: floragbagbo@live.fr

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM.

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me. I am Miss. Flora Gbagbo, the first Daughter of the formal President of Ivory Coast Mr. Laurent Gbagbo whom the ECOWAS, AU and France have force out of office. I know you might be hearing what is happening in my country presently.

I got your contact through a liable network online in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a top confidential transaction which involves a transfer of fund to a foreign account and I decided to write to you. My father has a political problem with his rivals Alassane Ouattara due to election mal practice. And Alassane Ouattara comes from the minorities region.

Due to the rising problem of forcing my father out of the office, He revealed to me that I should travel to Ghana with the document of huge amount of money he deposited with Barclays Bank Accra Ghana. He instructed me to contact someone overseas whom I can transfer the money into his/her account as he might not know what will happen next in Ivory Coast where he is detain in a house arrest by his rivals.

The electoral commission had by then already awarded victory to Ouattara with a 54 percent majority, a finding supported by the international community. My father struggle to secure power turned increasingly violent until My father Laurent Gbagbo was finally arrested in our underground bunker stormed by pro-Ouattara forces on April 11.

Now, I am writing to you from Ivory Coast because all our family member was not allowed to travel outside the country by the new president Mr. Alassane Ouattara, and I have writing to the Director of Barclays Bank Accra Ghana which my father directed me to contact and confirm the reality of the money. The fund deposited with Barclays Bank Accra Ghana is S$15.000.000 (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only. The fund was deposited with my name by my father Mr. Laurent Gbagbo. I will give you all information you may need as soon as I see your eagerness towards the transaction.

Await your reply and the required details so I can instruct you what to do next,so that the transfer of the sum of $15 Million can commence into your account. I will give you all you needed immediately you send me your respond.

As my foreign partner I have it in mind to reward you with 30% for your assistance. Finally please ensure that no one else knows about this money as it is only I and you know about this money.

Send your reply to this email address for security reasons.

Regards
MISS. FLORA GBAGBO
EMAIL: floragbagbo@live.fr

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