419 scam: a z <aazz_nice@yahoo.co.jp> From Madonna Tano

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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:
- "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: a z <aazz_nice@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: a z <aazz01_nice@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:53:17 +0100
Subject: From Madonna Tano

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From Madonna Tano.
19 years old Girl
Abidjan-Cote d.Ivoire

Good Day,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in
life. There is this amount of $6.5 Million United States Dollar which my late father deposited in a bank here in Abidjan Cotedâ€™ivoire.which he wanted to used for his political reason in our Country before he was
assassinated, my father and mother was brutally killed along side with
my brothers and sisters by the rebel troops who stormed our house during the resent political crisis here in Cote d'Ivoire. I will say that,I was very furtunate to escape death, because I was not in our house when the rebels stormed our house. This is every sad incident, and unbearable lost.

Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or any where safe enough outside my country for security reasons. I want as soon as the money transfered out of this country I will be coming over to your country to finish my education and also start the investment of the money while you will be the manager of the investment untill I finish my education.

If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you 20% of the total fund while the balance will be invested by you.

I await your soonest response Respectfully yours,

Madonna Tano.

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