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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: harison morgan <harison.morgaan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: morgan.harison@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:00:52 +0530 (IST)
Subject: DEAR FRIEND
DEAR FRIEND
I hope that this message might not come to you as
a surprise.
I am one of the directors in a financial insitution
here in BURKINA FASO.There is a deceased client of our bank, who died with his
wife and left the sum of $ 22.5 M DOLLAR on the date of 1st june 2009 in Air France
Flight 447, this is an operating a cheduled international passenger
flight from Galeao International
Airport in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, to Paris
...which crashed in the Atlantic
Ocean.
Pls check the site and view it:
http://www.nowpublic.com/
world/air-france-flight-447- passenger-list-204-names-32-
nationalities
The names of the clients with his wife are... Michael
Harris and Anne
Harris.
He lost his life with his wife leaving the huge fund
without any next of kin.I want us to work together and get this fund transfered
out of this bank.You should reply back and I will guide you on what to
do
Mr Harison
Morgan
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