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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- 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.
- befamangue@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: basilio Tomas Efa mangue <befamangue3@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:02:26 +0100
Subject: interested person
Dear Sir,
It is my pleasure to introduce to you a business that will make the
beginning of never-ending family relationship, business source and I
hope that this proposal will not be an inconvenience or embarrassment
to you.
I must not hesitate to confide in you this simple and sincere
business, My Father was a prosperous Gold merchant (Republic of
Guinea) My father contact Ebola few day later he die untimely.
I didn't know that my Father was going to leave me, I discovery from
his file that he has (Five Million Euros) and some reasonable
quantity of (Gold) deposited with bank in Belgium as our family
treasure.
I am seeking for a reliable and trust worthy business partner who will
help me travel to Belgium to meet with the official and sign the
release of the deposit. Due the Ebola I am not allow to leave the
country.
Please kindly contact me immediately for more discussion.
Thanks for your kind attention.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Basilio Tomas Efa Mangue
E-MAIL:befamangue@gmail.com
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