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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.
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "Favour Nanah" <de_edd112@att.net>
Reply-To: <favournanah@2010mail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:06:17 +0100
Subject: Greetings
Greetings from Mr. Favour Nanah
Dear Partner
I am Favour Nanah from the Republic of Ghana.I would like you to know that i am the former regional manager of my bank branch in koumassi but now in our headquarter in Accra Ghana.Africa Development Bank Of Ghana, I only hope we can assist each other. But If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the regional manager of my bank branch. I want you to know that it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city at the end of each year.On the course of the last year report,I discovered that my branch in which I was the manager has Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars($3,700.000.00) belonging to our late deceased client ,the account was opened in 2002 and he died in 2005 without a written or oral WILL and since 2005 nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for
Regards,
Favour Nanah
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