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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- This email message is a orphan scam.
Fraud email example:
From: fatim samir <gracomein1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fatims011@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:30:52 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear
Hello Dear.
My name is Miss fatima samir 23years old ..... my father is from
Sudan i lost my mother when i was 9 years old eversince then my father
as been talking care of there bussiness before his death,and the only
farmily that i know here are my late mothers relatives who are but
opportunist and willing to get read of me to have access to my fathers
properties eversince his death As a result of this i have abandonned
our house and now residing in hide out i dont want them to know my
whereabout .
Before the death of my father Dr Mohammed Samir on January 2013 in a
private hospital where he was admitted, He secretly called me his bed
side and disclosed t o me about the sum of Sixmillion Fivehundred US
dollars.USD ($6.500usdollars) he left in finance company , It wa s the
money he intended to transfer for investment before he
was poisoned. He also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign
partner in any country of my choice who will assist me transfer this
money where the money will be save and invested
wisely.
This is why i am seeking your assistant to help me out of this
situation, Because of the current political problem here also transfer
this money where it will be save and invested.
therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the
This is my reason for wri ting to you. I have decided to give you 15%
for your assistances, and another 5% has been mapped aside to cover
any incident e xpenses which we might incure during the process of
this transaction
1. Can you honestly help me as your family member?
2)To serve as a guardian of this fund
3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country.
As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to
assist me to successfully Then we shall move into the transfer
process as i will be giving you the finance company contact where my
late father deposited the money
Dear this should remain confidential matter between me and you .
Best regards
fatima
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