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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024074914 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- 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.
- jjlee.citicbkchina@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "MR. JOHN D. LEE" <sales@hunteck.com>
Reply-To: <jjlee.citicbkchina@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:19:07 -0600
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL IN YOUR COUNTRY. 58
Dear friend,
I am John Lee of Citic Bank International. Chief Personnel Officer of the Bank and Head of Group Human Resources of CITIC International Financial
Holdings Limited.
I hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our families. I need
your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($25M) million to your account within 10 to 14 banking days. This money has been dormant for years
in our bank without claim. I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our Foreign deceased customer {FDC}(the owner of the
account) died along with his supposed next of kin in an air crash since July, 2000.
I don't want the money to go into our bank treasurer account as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I contacted you, so that the bank can
release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you
are not upon receipt of your reply, I will give you full details on how the PROCESSING will be executed,RISK FREE and also note that you will have 40%
of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me. And 10% will be set aside for any expenses that warrant on the process.
Kindly respond in this E-mail box ( jjlee.citicbkchina@qq.com ) and in response I will furnish you with more details as soon as I receive your
mail.
Finally send your photo or your international passports for more identification.
(1)Your Full Name
(2)You Age
(3) Sex
(4)You Country
(5)You Telephone Number
(6)Your Occupation
(7) D/L or A copy of your Pass Port.
Best Regards,
Mr.John Lee
+44 7024074914
E-mail; jjlee.citicbkchina@yahoo.com
http://www.cncbinternational.com/about-us/our-management/en/index.jsp
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