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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: "Arthur Dieting" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <arthurdieting2@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:56:07 +0100
Subject: Important Attention
Hello,
I am Arthur Dieting a personal foreign consultant to the embattled president Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
President Bashar al-Assad knowing full well that his regime is coming to an end due to the political civil
revolution that is engulfing Syria at present coupled with sanctions from western and Islamic cooperation’s as you
may be aware , he has confidentially mandated me to divert substantial sum of his personal funds to a safe place.
I discretely selected you for this proposition while going through dossiers of personalities in your country.
Without mincing words, I am looking for a trusted foreign partner that i can entrust the fund in his care for the
purpose of future investment in a favorable climate that can yield good returns to the capital.
Awaiting your Important response,
Arthur Dieting.
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