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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 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.
- kmillerlondonclub@rocketmail.com
Fraud email example:
From: "recoverycontact@terra.es" <recoverycontact@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:44:15 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: REFERENCE TO YOUR MONIES RECOVERED
Hello there,
REFERENCE TO YOUR MONIES RECOVERED
My name is Kevin Miller, a member of the Debt Recovery Team of the London Club.
The team has been able to recover of $46.5B in financial fraud schemes till date. We also have names of people who we have linked to have either lost monies in one financial fraud scheme or the other over the past three years.
We are therefore contacting you because we have your detail on our file. Either you or one of your relations lost some monies amounting to $1.632m which we have recovered.
We therefore require that you confirm your details to us so that we can start up the process of remitting you your monies.
Details required include:
Full Names
Details of how you lost the monies
Details of means of repayment preferred by you
Your response should be sent to kmillerlondonclub@rocketmail.com
Regards,
Kevin Miller
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