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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a next of kin 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.
- daviskooh01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Davis Kooh <daviskooh01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:12:42 +1000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am Mr Davis Kooh, I am a banker in HSBC bank Malaysia Office.Am as well an account officer to a deceased customer of our bank .I have decided to contact you on a
business deal of Ten Point Five Million United States dollars (USD$10.5M) We lost this customer with his entire family during the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in
Sumatra Indonesia.
http://asc-india.org/lib/20041226-sumatra.htm
I wish to present you as next of kin so that the bank will transfer the fund into your bank account for us to share it considering the fact that you share almost the same name with the deceased.Your percentage will be 40% while 60% will be for me. As an insider in this bank, I assure you that this transaction is absolutely risk
free. If you are willing to cooperate with me, contact me for more details via my direct e-mail :daviskooh01@gmail.com
Reply me only to my private email so that i can give you more detail about the deceased
person .
Thanks
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