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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:
- "million us 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 orphan scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "From: Miss. Nabeel Waseem." <nabeel.waseem@orangemailci.biz>
Reply-To: nabeel.waseem@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 08:02:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply Me. From: Miss. Nabeel Waseem.
Reply Me. From: Miss. Nabeel Waseem. My Dearest,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. My late father instructed the bank to move the funds to United States before he left where I will intend investing the money in Real Estate. Presently, this money is still with the bank in USA and the bank just wrote to me as the true beneficiary to come forward to receive the fund which i have explained to them my situation then they advised I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my age or they get it confisticated or return back to the US treasury Department as unclaimed fund and instead of getting it confiscated i rather have someone whom I can trust to receive the funds and utilise it according to my wishes. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of ($5,5Million US
Dollars) which my late Father Mr. Mutasim Waseem kept for me with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in U.S.A. before he was assassinated by the Rebels during the war in this country. Now! I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help me Claim and retrieve this fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these Areas:
1) Telecommunication
2) The Transport Industry
3) Five Star Hotel
4) Real Estate Management
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 20% of the total fund for your assistance to me.
[1] Name:
[2] Address: _____
[3] Age: ___
[4] Sex: _____
[5] Telephone: ____
[6] Fax: ___
[7] Occupation status: _____
[8] International passport: ____
I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Miss Nabeel Waseem.
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