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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 next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "Shultz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <director01@live.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:14:32 -0400
Subject: Trusting and accepting you, your destiny is in your hand
For Your Good Attention
With my position as the helm of affairs and departmental director of the foreign bills and exchange control International Credit Commission(I.C.C. LONDON)I would want to use my position as a privilege prior to my opportunity having discovered the sum of 16.5 Million GBP as unclaimed since 2000.
These funds emanated as a result of our customer late Kurt Kahle who died in a plane crash since Monday July 31, 2000 and since then NON of his NEXT of KIN has knowledge of these funds besides NOBODY has ever come for this claims.
Your partnership to transfer this funds into your bank account for investment in your country will highly be appreciated, the facts remains that you and i will work together to ensure a smooth procedural transfer of this funds into your bank account.
Note that this transaction is absolutely RISK-FREE and of NO ENCUMBRANCE, I therefore request that you send to me your bank account details and cell phone number on receipt of this proposal we move into action.
You will be entitled to 20% of the total sum of this money transferred into your account outside the investment purpose.Please visit this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ world/europe/859479.stm of the plane crash as a confirmation to my proposal.
Sincerely
Shultz
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