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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:
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "firstflight.courier@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Rev. Bayo Jacobs" <officefile99876@cantv.net>
Reply-To: firstflight.courier@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:21:56 -0430 (VET)
Subject: Appreciation letter
Appreciation letter
I want you to know that I have submit the bank draft you suppose to receive from me to bank of African here is Benin republic the bank draft has cleared and the manager of the bank Mrs. shamed Hanuman who help me to clear the bank draft into cash told me that she will help me to deposit the cash into ATM card so that you will withdraw through ATM machine in your country.
And she helps us to register the parcel with First Flight Courier here in Benin so that the company will deliver the ATM card to you.
So for now you are receiving your $6.7 USD in ATM card through First Flight Courier Company.
She helps me to secure the ATM card in the parcel because of the security reason she did not want the First Flight Courier Company to know the content in that parcel is bank martial so I want you to contact the First Flight Courier Company with this information as follows Below.
Their email address: (firstflight.courier@outlook.com) or you contact him with their telephone number the contact person Directors (Dr. Victor Emeka)
Please do get back to me as soon as you have contacted the First Flight Courier Company so that I will give you more advice in other for you to receive your ATM card from them without any delay remember that the only thing you have to do with First Flight Courier Company before your ATM card will being deliver to your doorstep that you have to register with them with sum of $105 only then they will deliver the ATM card to your country under 72 hrs.
I wait to hear from you soon.
Thank you.
Rev. Bayo Jacobs
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