419 scam: "Miss Kadia Dabi"<info@colorab.com> My name is Miss Kadia Dabi.

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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:
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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 Kadia Dabi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <misskadia@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 00:50:07 -0500
Subject: My name is Miss Kadia Dabi.

My Dear ,

My name is Miss Kadia Dabi. I am a 19 years old girl from Abidjan, Cote divoire here in west africa.I got your contact from the internet when i was looking for one who will help me in recieving my inheritance in his or her account. I have three million united states dollars(US3,000,000.00) which my late father deposited in a bank here with me as the next. I cannot claim the money myself because i am not upto the age of 25 which my late father and the bank agreed. So i want you to stand as my guardian and claim the money for me. Once the money is transfered to you, i will come over to your country for resettlement and you will help me in investing the money. Also I will compensate you after the transfer.

Please i want to know your mind today, so that i will know what to tell the bank.

Miss Kadia Dabi

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