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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:
- "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- stevgleg@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Steven Owusu <stevengreg39@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Steven Owusu <stevenxowusu@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:33:13 -0700
Subject: Business Plan
My name is Mr
Steven Greg, A banker by Profession and Currently A Director of Finance
Auditing and Accounting Unit in my Bank, Which the name will giving to
you as soon as you respond for security reason. I get your email address in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the
sum of USD$8.4 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS, Deposited in our Bank by
one of our customer Eng. Muller who die with his wife and two children
on the 21Th day of April 2007 in car clash along Aflao express road.
Since his death no one has come up as his next of kin and all our
efforts to locate any member of his family immediate family has prove
Abortive that was why I decided
to
see if I can get anybody who has the same surname or last name with him
via Internet preferably some one of the same nationality with him which
I believe you have all the qualities we need. Why i am contacting you
is to present you to our bank as the next of Kin to the deceased
customer. He was Drilling contractor with some Oil Companies here in
west Africa. So it will be more acceptable and wiser to present you
through paper work to the Bank for claim of the total fund.I will give
you all the necessary requirements that the bank may request from you
and follow up the transfer of the fund into your account as an Insider.
It will interest you to know that I and my partners has been keeping the
account dormant to enable our plans for the funds to come through and
this is the time and we are happy to locate you for the perfection of
the transfer of the Fund into your nominated Bank Account to be given.
As
soon as I get your positive response I will update you about the mode
of disbursement and we will also need to know about investing in your
Country as a way of helping your people who suppose are the original
owner's of this Fund, I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible
through my confidential email (stevgleg@gmail.com) stating your wish in
this deal. Looking forward to your urgent response by updating me with
direct telephone number for easy communication. Yours Specially Mr
Steven Greg.
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THIS
E-MAIL IS MY TEMPORARY ADDRESS. FOR SECURITY REASONS, I PREFER YOU SEND
ME YOUR REPLIES VIA MY PRIVATE CONTACT E-MAIL: stevgleg@gmail.com
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