419 scam: "Miss Laura Buisson." <llaurabuisson@yahoo.com.tw> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E4ulein_Laura

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found 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 Laura Buisson." <llaurabuisson@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 21:10:22 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E4ulein_Laura_Buisson.?=

Good Day

How are you doing today , Hope you are in perfect condition? Please i
apologies with you to exercise a little patience and read through my
letter, i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business.

I know my letter will come to you as a surprise because we have never
meet for the first time, but i really like to have a good relationship
with you because i have a special reason why i decided to contact you, I
decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation here.

I am Miss Laura Buisson single lady( never married ) myself and my only
and younger brother are planning to relocate to your country for
investment purposes.

We have some fund and want to invest in Hotel and Transport business and
we $10,500,000.00 ( Ten million five hundred thousand United States
dollars) we need you at act as our foreign business partner.

We will discuss your percentage other teams of this transaction upon your
response to this email, please I will want you to treat this information
as an urgent message and reply to me without any delay so that I can take
my final decision. More detail will be given to you once i hear from you
with your personal data as well.

I wait to hear from you soon.

Miss Laura Buisson.

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