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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- 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.
- kennethmorena001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Kenneth Morena" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kennethmorena001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 18:21:26 +0200
Subject: Business Offer
Hello
I hope this email does not affect your religious belief and you do not see me as someone working in line with the late Gaddafi and his family. My names are Kenneth Morena , I am an operational manager with Safe deposit and security company here in South Africa; I want to use this opportunity to inform you that I had a very good business relationship with the Gaddafi’s family and I assisted them in major transactions that they did with the company where I work as an employee.
There is an amount of US$36Million on the name of Saif Al Arab Gaddafi (Late) to the best of my knowledge this money came as a payback contract deal between our late client Saif Al Arab Gaddafi and a Russian Firm on a multi-billion dollars oil project, no record ever existed concerning the money traceable by the government because there is no documentation showing that we received money from the Russians firm.
I am willing to work with you to move this fund out where I work as an operational manager to any account of your choice outside my country and you will be rewarded 40% of the total sum. I am in a position to get this fund out on your name if you agree to work with me, after then l come over to meet with you for us to disburse the funds and go into investment in your country or we go our separate ways
This proposal is 100% risk free and I want to assure you that all modalities are in place rather to the transfer of this fund out of the country all I need is a trustworthy person hence I am contacting you.
For now all correspondence should be by email until trust is fully guaranteed. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinarily confidential whatever your decision while await your prompt response.
See the below link to confirm my honesty and reason why we need to work together.
http://www.henrileriche.com/2013/06/03/libyan-former-leader-muammar-gaddafis-millions-stashed-in-south-africa/
I wait hearing from you
Yours Sincerely,
Kenneth Morena
kennethmorena001@gmail.com
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