419 scam: Miss Flora Armande <msadama028@yahoo.com.hk> Hallo lieve,

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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: Miss Flora Armande <msadama028@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: marmande24@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:50:09 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hallo lieve,

Hallo lieve,

Complement van de dag aan u, neem dan vergeef me als ik storen in uw privacy, mijn naam is Miss Flora Armande, Leeftijd 24, hoogte 5 ft 11 mm, gewicht 61, ik ben de enige dochter van Late Mr Romaric Armande van ABIDJAN, Ivoorkust in West-Afrika, mijn vader was een zakenman en een politicus. Ik merkte je bent een belangrijke persoon voordat ik uit mijn gedachten om u te contacteren. Gelieve zal ik graag meer over u weten, want ik heb bij mij een aantal fondsen die ik zal graag in een goede business te investeren daar in uw land. Ik zou willen dat je eerlijk naar mij, zodat ik kan in deze investering gaan met jou aan mijn zelf en ik zal ook uw goede adviezen.

Allereerst zal ik graag wat je doet weet voor de kost, denk je mijn aandacht trok, dat was de reden waarom ik contact opgenomen met u in de eerste plaats. We zullen onszelf kennen meer als we communiceren langs.

Bedankt voor uw begrip, in de hoop van u te horen binnenkort.

Vanuit mijn hart,
Miss Flora Armande

Hello dear,

Complement of the day to you, please pardon me if i interfere into your privacy, my name is Miss Flora Armande, Age 24, height 5 ft 11 inches, weight 61, i am the only daughter of Late Mr. Romaric Armande from ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast in west Africa, my father was a business tycoon and a politician. I observed you are an important personality before i made up my mind to contact you. Please i will like to know more about you because i have with me some funds which i will like to invest in a good business over there in your country. I wish you could be honest to me so that i can go into this investment with you by my self and i will also need your good advices.

First of all, I will like to know what you do for a living; remember you caught my attention that was why i contacted you in the first place. We will know ourselves more as we communicate along.

Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear from you soon.

From my heart,
Miss Flora Armande

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