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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:
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "King Jay" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kingjay4@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 00:05:11 -0700
Subject: NEEDED YOUR RESPONSE
DEAR Sir , Compliment of the season. I contacted you because I know you can help me. My name is king jay. My mother is from Pakistan and my late father is from Ivory coast in west Africa and I contacted you because I want this transaction to be very confidential and we invest in a good way. in your country.and I also want every secret because of the money involved is ($10.500, Million US Dollar AND 110kilos of gold dust 99.98%purity ) the gold and money is in 2 big boxes here in Ghana air port ready to delivered out of Ghana.
I have all the documents but I just have only one problem for you to help me so that the boxes can be delivered to you without any problem. so that you can help me to sale the gold dust and also help me to invest the fund. since this is the only thing i inherited from my late father as his only son. If you can help me, I will other the boxes to be deliver at your door step.true the UN diplomat called MR IBRAHIM.Please don't tell any body about this
business because the boxes is in the airport right now here in Ghana. ready to move out, just to solve this little problem for me and the boxes will be deliver to you in your country,this is a secret between me and you alone. I got your contact from one Mr. Ahmed Khalid he works with the United Arab Emirate Airline but I did not tell him any thing about this business, please let's work together in 48 hours you will get the boxes. Sir kindly REPLY me immediately as soon as you get this email . All the documents will attached to you as soon as i hear from you see my attach picture and the gold boxes I wait to hear from you. God Bless you. please reply with your phone number.
Thanks
King jay
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