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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.
- This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- 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.
- grace_tinsley@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "J. Adams" <jimohadams2003@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: grace_tinsley@sify.com
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:27:20 +0900
Subject: Compensation
Good day,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an international business man. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary,
Her contact is: Name: Mrs. Grace Tinsley
Email Address: grace_tinsley@sify.com
Ask her to send you the total $450.000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) that I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
Also do use part of the money for philanthropist purposes for use in helping the less privileged in your area. Especially at this festive season. Put a smile on somebody face and let the world be better for it.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mrs. Grace Tinsley and instruct her where to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner I am having at hand.
Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs.Grace Tinsley and she will send the amount to you without any delay.
I beg you in the name of the most high to use at least 50% of the proceed to put smile on the faces of the less privileged especially during this festive season.
This is my utmost wish for this donation.
With best regards
Mr. Jimoh Adams.
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