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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- mumyjitka65@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Madam JITKA JEZKOVA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mumyjitka65@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:33:39 -0000
Subject: Reply if you are interested please/ From JITKA JEZKOVA !
From: JITKA JEZKOVA
Country Origin: Czech Republic
Age: 63 yrs old/Woman
Based: Ivory Coast
E-mail: mumyjitka65@gmail.com
Hello,
My sincere apologies for contacting you so urgently without prior knowledge of each
other. But this is due to the urgency in my motive to secure a trusted
partner because my Doctor just announce to me that I will die in few months time because of extent damage of esophageal cancer. I have been suffering from this dreaded sickness for long, base on this development I want to will my money which is deposited in a Bank to an individual who is willingly to build a charity home for orphanage and abandoned kids.
Please I want you to be sincere and a reliable person to use the Money to build charity organization for the saints and you will honestly take 10% of the total sum. While 90% of the money will go to the charity and orphanage. I am 63 yrs Old woman from Czech Republic, my husband died 7 years ago as a result of car accident. i don't want a friend or someone i know to handle this project. I want the actualization of my dream to establish this charity home to come in reality even while am dead.
The total money in question is $1.9 million USD (dollars). I will provide you with other information's once you indicate your willingness, don't reply if you are not honest.
Yours Sincerely.
Jitka jezkova
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