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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: "Bamba Erick" <usoul01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bambaeric39@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 06:57:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Hello
Hello
I'm Mr Bamba Erick, the Account Manager in a bank instead. I have a
proposal and confidential financial to make. A sum floating
3.950.000dollars usd belonging to a deceased customer whose name has been
identified and noted unclaimed in our audits and archives.
I am obliged to inform you that I am looking for someone with whom I can
unlock this amount. I therefore ask you to agree to be the next of kin and
claim the funds. Usually in this case the funds are confiscated by the
Public treasury as unclaimed fund. According to the Government after a
certain period, unless they are claimed in pressing a next of kin. I would
like the funds will be transferred by Electronic Payment Card ATM card
that entant kin of the deceased customer and then we do a fair share of
50% each, I need your help in all honesty and I promise you and guarantee
that you run no risk because my position in the bank allows me to cover
any risk and the more I am the only person to oversee this transaction.
I've done all the checks on this arrangement for scripts is clean and
quick way. I beg you to treat this letter with the utmost urgency and
discretion possible.
My best regards
Mr Bamba Erick
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