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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: Marcos Quibol <mqq_icc@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: Marcos Quibol <mgg_icc@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:58:46 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: URGENT!
Hello
How are you doing? I need an urgent help from you.
Some of our American suppliers are planning on seizing our orders because we have not paid the balance payment. The reason why we have not yet sent the balance to them is because our bank account is undergoing an upgrading process and as such we can not receive or send out payment.
I want to plead with you to help transfer USD 3600.00 to our suppliers so that we will not loose everything we have worked for and so that our orders will not be seized.
I promise to pay back by the end of this week as soon as our bank account upgrading is completed and we can fully access our account.
Looking forward to your favorable reply
Regards
Macky
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