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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 orphan 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.
- infocontact37@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: MISS ANNIE SALIBA <anny1966@voila.fr>
Reply-To: infocontact37@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:27:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: VERY URGENT PLS.
HELLO,
GOOD DAY AND HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I HOPE FINE? ,PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF ASKING YOU TO ASSIST ME AND THEN HELP ME OUT IN WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU. I'M MISS ANNIE SALIBA (17yrs) CITIZEN OF LEBANON/ IVORY COAST AND MY FATHER DIED ON 17TH OF JANUARY THIS YEAR 2012 ON MOTOR ACCIDENT HERE. MY FATHER MR GHASSAN SALIBA WAS ESTATE DEVELOPER HERE IN IVORY COAST BEFORE HE DIED.
MY FATHER IMPREGNATED MY MOTHER WHEN HE WAS GOING OUT WITH HER WHILE MY MOTHER DIED AFTER SEVEN YEARS SHE BORN ME. SINCE AFTER MY MOTHERS DEATH I WAS LIVING WITH MY FATHER AND HIS LEGAL WIFE. THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER THIS YEAR , HER WIFE DRIVE ME OUT FROM BECAUSE I AM NOT HER BLOOD DAUGHTER.
ON 10TH OF JUNE MY FATHER LAWYER SAW ME ON THE ROAD AND CALLED ME TELLING ME THAT HE WAS LOOKING TO SEE ME SINCE AND TOLD ME TO COME AND SEE HIM IN HIS OFFICE. WHEN I REACH HIS OFFICE , THE LAWYER TOLD ME THAT MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT IN ONE BANK HERE . HE TOLD ME THAT HE USED MY NAME (ANNIE) AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO DEPOSIT AND I MUST REACH AGE OF 22 YEARS BEFORE THE BANK WILL RELEASE THIS MONEY TO ME. I WAS SURPRISE WHEN MY FATHERS LAWYER TOLD ME ABOUT THIS MONEY.
THE LAWYER SAID TO ME THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT MY STEP MOTHER DID TO ME,HE WILL ASSIST ME FOR THE RELEASE OF THIS MONEY TO ME WITH ONE CONDITION BECAUSE OF WHAT MY FATHER TOLD THE BANK THE DAY HE MADE THE DEPOSIT. THE LAWYER ADVICE ME TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER FROM ANY COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE (OUTSIDE THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL PROBLEM HERE) THAT WILL ASSIST ME IN THE WISE INVESTMENT OF THE MONEY SO THAT HE WILL PROCESS FOR THE TRANSFER TO THE PERSON ACCOUNT WITH OUT MY LATE FATHER WIFE OR BROTHER HERE ABOUT THIS MONEY.
YOU WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND THEN SETTLE THERE PERMANENTLY. IF YOU ACCEPT TO STAND TO HELP ME AND ALSO WILLING TO ASSIST ME GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION SO THAT I WILL SUBMIT IT TO THE BANK HERE AND INTRODUCE YOU AS MY GUARDIAN /BENEFICIARY OF MY INHERITANCE OF MY INHERITANCE DEPOSIT THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO DEAL WITH THE BANK LEGALLY ON THE TRANSFER OF THE SAID SUM TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
I WILL LIKE YOU ALSO TO TELL ME HOW MANY PERCENTAGE YOUR COMPENSATION FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL BE .
THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU .
BEST REGARDS,
MISS ANNIE SALIBA; E-mail ; infocontact37@yahoo.com
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