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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.
Fraud email example:
From: Fraud-Alert Investigation <noreplyalert@usa.com>
Date: 16 Feb 2010 15:25:58 -0000
Subject: Public Notice to All Fund Beneficiaries from the United States Fraud-Alert:
Miss. Mary D. Hugh
Fraud-Alert Public Notice
International Affairs Officer
FBI Plaza,
Washington D.C
Public Notice to All Fund Beneficiaries from the United States Fraud-Alert:
I am Miss. Mary Deborah Hugh the International Affairs Officer here in the United States of America. This mail is to bring to your notice that both the FBI Executive Director and the UN Secretary General have been bad tempered to this office relating to the high rate of fraud penetration here in the United States.
We use this avenue to notify and warn all European and American citizens who are yet to claim His/Her outstanding Inheritance/ or Lottery fund in any part of the world to notify this office with immediate effect so a proper investigation can be carried out on His/Her matter in order to notify Him/Her of the right and genuine commission OR financial house He/She is to deal with.
Right now, anyone who is expecting His/Her outstanding Inheritance/ or Lottery fund from any part of the world should fill-in the below application form and send back a copy so a proper investigation can be carried out through our monitoring unit to confirm if really He/She is entitled to receive the said mentioned fund or not.
Beneficiary’s Complete Name:
Beneficiary’s Gender:
Beneficiary’s Outstanding Amount:
Location Where He/She is expecting The Fund: (Country, Commission OR Office)
How Long He/She Had Been Expecting the Fund: (Month & Year)
Beneficiary’s Occupation, Contact Address and D.O.B
All beneficiaries are vehemently advice to furnish us with all above details so a proper investigation can be carried out in order to notify Him/Her about the truth of His/Her fund within twelve working hours.
Fraud-Alert Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
937 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C
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