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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:
- "dear friend" (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: Mr Issac Ben <mrissacbn@dcemail.com>
Reply-To: mrissacbn@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:36:17 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From The Manager Mr . Issac Ben
From The Manager Mr . Issac Ben
Foreign Remittance Dept
Bank of Africa
Dear Friend
I am the account officer to late Mr hussein mubarak of kuwaite a well known Philanthropist after his death the bank gave me the permition to make arandom draw of emails and your e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to his Will of $7.4Million USD, send to me your full details as follow's or call N°0022678719685 for full detail of this very will
1. Your Name in Full:.....................................
2. Your Occupation:.......................................
3.Your Nationality:.........................................
4. Your Mobile number:..................................
5. Your Age And Gender:...............................
Furthermore,I am putting it clear to you that you have choice to choose if you need this fund through boa bank here or through this bank conrespondencebank in europe to credit this fund into your account which any of your choice will be accepted by me as long as you are ready to follow up my instruction's.
Mr . Issac Ben.
Foreign Remittance Exchange Manager
Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
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