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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.
- willnambe@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: William Nambe <artkundov@gmail.com>
Reply-To: willnambe@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:44:34 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?LOS_FONDOS_NO_RECLAMADOS_=2F_TRANSACCI=C3=93N?=
Hola estimado amigo . Saludos a usted! Mi nombre es el Sr. William
Nambe . Yo soy un abogado en ejercicio. Yo vivo en la República de
Togo. Me puse en contacto para una cooperación empresarial que
beneficiará a ambos de nosotros en gran medida. Hay una herencia no
reclamada de USD $ 5612.000 ( cinco millones seiscientos doce mil
dólares ) Quiero que tú y yo para trabajar con sinceridad , la
confidencialidad y confÃo en transferir esta USD $ 5.612,000 en
cualquier cuenta que tenga. Estoy de acuerdo en que el 40 % de la
cuota de los $ 5612.000.00 será tuyo por ayudarme a transferir este
dinero y voy a tener un 60%. Responder rápidamente a mÃ, asà yo te
daré los detalles de esta transacción. Te garantizo que todo lo
relacionado con la transacción es 100 % libre de riesgo . Asà que por
favor usted tiene que enviar urgentemente a mà su nombre completo ,
dirección de contacto y número de teléfono para facilitar la
comunicación entre nosotros. Estoy a la espera de su amable respuesta
.
Mi número de teléfono es: +22899770225 . Por favor, siéntase libre de
hablar conmigo en cualquier momento o puede enviar su correo
electrónico de respuesta a mi correo electrónico ID directa :
willnambe@gmail.com
Gracias y tenga un buen dÃa!
Con mis mejores deseos,
El Sr. William Nambe
Mi número de teléfono es: +22899770225
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