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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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "chucksnash@blumail.org" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
- 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.
- chucksnash@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Chucks Nashville" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chucksnash@usa.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:13:26 -0700
Subject: RE: REPLY URGENTLY PLEASE !
My name is Chuck Nashville from the United States of America work as the head of Priority Finance Deposit in New York.
I would need your consent to present you as the next of kin to our late customer who died in the recent Malaysian Airways Flight that crashed in Donetsk - Ukraine. He was a wealthy businessman who has a deposit value of $50,000,000 ( Fifty Million United States Dollars) in our vault. He died without any registered next of kin as he was long divorced and had no child.
I was his account manager and have in my possession all the documents required to present you as his Rightful Receiving Beneficiary/Next of Kin. The major reason why I decided to contact you is because you share the same Surname identity with our late client and can perfectly fit in as The Rightful Receiving Beneficiary/Next of Kin of the depositor.
We can work together to claim this fund. Please listen, this is real and goes on in Banks all over the world without people knowing. Let us utilize this opportunity because it does not come always. A lot of customers open Nominal accounts in different Banks without the knowledge of their families and when they die, such money will be claimed by the Bank and declare the account frozen.
Unless someone comes to claim it, the Bank Director will enrich himself with other people’s money without the knowledge of the shareholders and board of directors of the Bank. Upon your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more details. Please endeavor to provide me with the following so that we can discuss in details;
1) Mobile phone numbers.
2) Full name.
3) Contact address and occupation.
4) Nationality.
Yours Sincerely
Mr.Chucks Nashville
chucksnash@usa.com
chucksnash@blumail.org
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