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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Miss Finda Fallah" <missfinda.fallah@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: f.fallah01@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:23:14 +0700
Subject: From Miss.Finda Fallah
My Dear,
I am Miss Finda Fallah, the only daughter of my late parents.I need your
help to retrived the Fund that my late Father Dr Peter Fallah deposited
with a Bank and to transfer the fund my father left for me in the Bank
before he died. I want to invest the money in your country and continue my
studies.the money is ($10. million) I will give you 20% of the Total money
for your help. I assure you in the name of the almighty Lord and I will
tell you more Once you get back to me and also send you my pictures and
the documents of the Fund, I am awaiting your reply.
I will be expecting your reply.
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours Sincerely
Miss Finda Fallah.
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