419 scam: =?UTF-8?Q?=49=6E=66=6F=20=44=65=73=6B?= <inf.desk@walla.co.il> =?UTF-8?Q?=49=4E=46=4F=52=4D=41=54=49=4F=4E?=

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +27738192821 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
- +27865173005 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mr.omarjoseph003@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?=49=6E=66=6F=20=44=65=73=6B?= <inf.desk@walla.co.il>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 13:58:25 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=49=4E=46=4F=52=4D=41=54=49=4F=4E?=

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT, UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS

Dear: Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

Please contact Mr. Joseph Omar, Tel: +27738192821, Fax: +27865173005 Email: mr.omarjoseph003@gmail.com, this is regard of our official program hold on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in Africa, We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United Nation secretary general, and the governing body of the International Monetary Fund, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment of £2,500,000.00 GBP (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS), has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

Congratulations and Best Regards,
Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
The Correspondence & Enquiry Unit, Finance Ministry,
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