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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Derrick Mills" <derrckmlls38@gmail.com>
Reply-To: derrickmills38@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:46:17 +0100
Subject: Re: Read Well And Reply
Hi,
I wish to contact you on a good business which I want you to assist
me,receive this fund into your bank account in your country and I
believing that this will really work out between both of us.
I have packaged this transaction in a way that it
will be of mutual benefit to us and I have placed this funds on
what we call Escrow Call Account with no beneficiary.
As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money,so
my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank
account and get 35% of the total funds as commission.This business will be
a bank-to-bank transfer.All I need from you is to stand claim as the
original depositor of these funds who made the deposit in my branch so
that my head office will order the transfer to your designated bank
account.
If you accept to work with me on trust I will appreciate it very much.
Email me with the above email address so that we can go over the details.
Thanks for your co-operation and I wait to hear from you soon.
Sincerely
Yours
Derrick Mills
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