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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- barrimike210@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: BARRISTER MIKE IKE <anthoniaemmana@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barrimike210@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:50:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY
This to acknowledge you that your e-mail id is found among those that have been scammed, and the competition have been approved from the supreme high court here in Benin and we are asked to contact you by the Benin president on how to send you the ($1,500 000.00) united state dollars by the diplomatic courier and the fund as been cash in dollars here in Benin bank.
So you are advice to contact the lawyer in charges of this fund and his name is BARRISTER MIKE IKE and make sure you contact him with your full Contact information such as. For more information on how to make the money send to you because many People complain about scamming every day from Benin and we are trying to stop this fraudulent from Benin and am sure you that it will stop because we are now working with the internet operation such as YAHOOMAIL. and also the united state FBI and Benin police with Benin EFCC so the scam can be eradicated in this country and I want you to follow your fund code which follow bellow, and wish is given to you by the high court of Benin and the code is (FCE7466D8FGR)
And I want you to keep this code, because this code will ensure you and Alert you in any day you receive a scam e-mail from this country. And as soon as you contact BARRISTER MIKE IKE with your full contact information requested, he will be forward everything to the Benin presidency office to issue out your award certificate as the rightful beneficiary,
Name: BARRISTER MIKE IKE
E-mail Address :(barrimike210@hotmail.com)
CHAMBER NUMBER...189VCCHOSE ONE
1.Bank to Bank is $120
2.courier service $90
Contact him in regarding of the fund to be deliver to you by the Diplomatic courier service and also any beneficiary we be responsible for shipping fees so as to avoid any scam and the fees is just only $90. Bank to Bank is only $120 so chose one and contact BARRISTER MIKE IKE and you will receive your fund from the high court because as soon as you contact the lawyer in charges of your fund he will alert the united state bureau and also the your state police for the fund to be deliver to you without any restriction and problem when the fund get to you in your location area.
Thanks.
Best Regard
MRS. ADAEZE IKE. CODE IS (FCE7466D88FGR)
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