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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: "JEAN LUC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mensahjeanluc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:17:05 +0100
Subject: UN CREDIT A LA CONSOMMATION RAPIDE ET FIABLE.
LOIN D'UNE INSTITUTION FINANCIERE, VOICI UN PRET A LA CONSOMMATION DE
10.000 EURO A 2.500.000 euro. UN CREDIT A LA CONSOMMATION RAPIDE ET
FIABLE.
VOUS VOUS TROUVEZ DANS LE BESOIN D'ARGENT, VOUS ETES REFUSE PAR LES
BANQUES, PLUS DE SOUCIS A VOUS FAIS .
RECOUVRER LE FONCTIONNEMENT DU CREDIT REVOLVING ET DE LA RESERVE
D'ARGENT AVEC LA SECTION BESOIN D'ARGENT ENTRE PARTICULIER OU
ENTREPRISE.
POUR BENEFICIER DE CE PRET, JUSTE QUELQUES PIECES A FOURNIR.
Si vous souhaiterez recevoir un prèt chez nous veuillez nous remplir
ces informations personnelle de vous.
1. VOTRE NOM COMPLET
2. VOTRE ADRESSE COMPLETE ET VOTRE PAYS
3. VOTRE FONCTION
4. VOTRE NUMERO DE TELEPHONE DIRECT
5. LA COPIE DE VOTRE PASSE-PORT OU DE VOTRE CARTE NATIONAL D’IDENTITE
6. VOTRE AGE
7. LE MONTANT QUE VOUS VOULEZ QU'ON VOUS PRETE
8. DUREE DE PAIEMENT
Expédiez avec bonté ces détails ci-dessus dans votre réponse
prochaine pour nous permettre d'appuyer plus loin avec vous le plut vite que
possible.
M. JEAN LUC
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