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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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
- 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.
- joheeokzara@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: MOKOI SERA <mokoi.sera1@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: mokoisera@live.fr
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:52:17 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: MISS SERA MOKOI FROM HOSPITAL
Hello Dear,
This is Miss Sera Mokoi from South Africa.I am writing from the hospital in Ivory Coast, therefore this mail is very urgent as you can see that I am dying critically.
I was told by the doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver damaged and can only live for some months. I inherited some money ($2.500 Million) from my late father and I cannot think of anybody trying to kill me apart from my step mother in order to inherit the money, she is an Ivorian by nationality.
I want you to contact my Lawyer with this information’s below:
Barrister JOHEE OKZARA
Address: Clayzet -13A BP 117
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Email: joheeokzara@gmail.com
He will give you the documents of the money and will direct you very well. Also the lawyer will assist you to change the whole documents of the money to your name to enable the bank to transfer the money to you.
This is the favour I need when you have gotten the money from the bank:
(1) Give 20% of the money to Church in your country and write my name so that the Pastor or Rve Father will also pray for me
(2) Use 50% of the money to Charity Organizations and widows
On my name so that my soul will rest in peace .Then the remaining 30% is for you
Note: This should be a code between you and my Lawyer Mr. Johee Okzara in this transaction any mail, without this code "Hospital" is not from the Lawyer Mr. Johee ,the bank or myself as I don't know what will happen to me in the next few hours.
May Good Lord bless you and use you to accomplish my wish in this World.
Always pray for me
Yours sister in the Lord
Miss Sera Mokoi
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