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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- a.curtis@publicist.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Daniela Roberta Eze" <r.daniela@gmail.com>
Reply-To: daniela.eze1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:16:25 +0800
Subject: Get In touch with the agent immediately.
Hello,
I am sorry that i have not contacted you for a long time but i am
contacting you now to let you know that the fund has been called back into
the federal government suspense account.
The United States Government and a France based International
Anti-Financial Crime Agency, FATF-GAFI (Financial Action Task Force) have
reached an agreement with the Nigerian Government presently in office,the
agreement has lead to the USA government sending an FBI agent to Nigeria
to handle the issue of compensated amount to be received by foreigners.The
reason is because of the series of scam going on the internet and as a
result the USA has decided to put in their own to handle it knowing that
there will be trust between the Agent and the citizens of the USA.
Find below the contact details of the FBI Agent.
Name:Anderson Curtis
Email: a.curtis@publicist.com
Note that the government has reached an agreement with the Banks so that
the transfer charges will be deducted from total fund before the transfer
is made.
Your's Sincerely,
Miss Daniela Roberts.
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