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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.
- mrusman.kamal3@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Usman <mrusman.kamal@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mrusman.kamal3@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:40:09 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Compliments of the season,
Compliments of the season,
I am Mr. Usman Kamal The Head of file Department in Bank of Africa (BOA).I seek your assistance and I assured of your capability to champion this business opportunity to remit $15 million U.S.A dollars. In account belongs to a foreign customer who died along with his entire family in a plane crash. my private email ID :mrusman.kamal3@gmail.com
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as an aspect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. This is the Website of the air crash.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/081301/foc_native_corps.shtml
Reply me if interested. So that I can send you the details of the transaction µYour urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated. please fill this information for me to know you more
(1)Your privet phone number
(1) Your age
(2)Your occupation
(3)Your marital status
(4)Your sex
(5)Your full residential address
As soon as I receive these dates,
Best regards,
Mr. Usman Kamal .
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