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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 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.
- dantasanogo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: kasim maiga <kasimaiga003@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:12:13 +0000
Subject: PLEASE ASSIST
Hello Sir
Morila Miners Mali are pleased to make this offer to you
The money the gold community made for years. We want to lodge the money to
your foreign account as a partner because now because of change in the
political system of Mali and the new president they need your helps to take
full control of this money to your foreign bank account. We cannot put the
money in Mali because the government will seize it.
We need your help urgently to start contact with the bank and help us remit
the money to your foreign bank account. The amount is 50M and the community
said they will give 20% to you. All we want is for you to act as
beneficiary of this fund. If agreed we will tell you the procedure because
we are in contact with a financial diplomat attached to CEDAO for advice.
The bank is Barclays bank London. Urgent reply to dantasanogo@gmail.com
Thank you
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