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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mohamed Bin Bashir" <vitava@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: <mbinbashir@live.com.my>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:45:04 -0700
Subject: Kind Regards..
Good Day,
This is Mr.Mohamed Bin Bashir.I work for South Coast Inc. South Coast Inc is an investment sub-company under Capital One Bank. South Coast Inc handles all aspects of investment of customer funds on behalf of Capital One Bank.
I am currently heading fund investment management across Asia.South Coast Inc, on behalf of Capital One Bank handle all Investors Treasury Bill Deposit which gives us access to trade with our Investors Funds on Private Arrangement.
In addition, we make an average turn-over of US$1.2-3 Billion United States Dollars annually through Private Trading with our Investors Treasury Bill Deposit while the said funds are currently lying as a Floating Capital in our Treasury Bill Magellan Trust Account. Based on recent development, I have been mandated by one of our numerous investors to find someone of your caliber who can help receive and manage his funds in our custody.
Details of the said investment funds will be revealed t o you upon receiving a confirmatory email from you as to your readiness to assume the task of investing the said funds in a manner that will be beneficial to all parties involved. This is a fair deal without any risk attached and will be legally transacted. I look forward to hearing from you for further discussion of the pending transaction as soon as i hear from you. Thank you for the anticipated co-operation.
Kind Regards.
Mr.Mohamed Bin Bashir
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
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