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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:
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million 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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: "Barr. George F. Moore" <asuka_nozaki_1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Barr. George F. Moore" <bankmanager736@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 11:03:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good day
Attention
Dear
Â
Please be
patience and listen to my words because here is my last advise to you and the
reason why that we are sending this massage to you is because am not happy by
the way you’re spending money on how to receive your fund worth $2.5million
dollars about many years ago till now
and still yet your fund has not been release to you, but you cannot believe
that we are not the people that receiving all the unnecessaryfees from you
because our email was hack by the hackers for a very long time and we are
investigating with the Interpol police here in Benin republic on how to locate those
peoples that hack our email address because a lot of people are complaining
that they are sending money to us but we did not request money from any body.
But we thank god that those scarmmers are arrested
by the Interpol police today about 3hr’s  ago because those peoples are trying to put us
into problem by using our name and stealing money from peoples that we suppose
to deliver their funds by now, and because of all this problems the fund is here
in our office and that is why we are
contacting you because your name was found in our office file and we need your
urgent reply to enable us deliver your parcel on time.
Now
immediately we receive your email I will attach the copy of my (Id Card) for you
and also the copy of you’re ( a.t.m card) to approve you that this transaction is real because we got this massage
from federal republic of Benin, through the help of his excellency Mr Jude Ume: the vise
president of Benin republic and he advise us to deliver your a.t.m card
worth 2.5million dollars through D.H.L delivery company and I know
that god will help us on this delivery.
Nowyou have to re-confirm your delivery
information because we have registered your parcel with D.H.L delivery company as
Mr Jude Ume: the vise president ordered us to avoid wrong delivery or delay, and by grace of god your package
will take off by tomorrow morning and proceed to your country if you do as we
explain to you.
Please
re-confirm your delivery information such as
Your
name……………………………
Country /
home address ……………………………
Occupation……………………………………….
Phone
number…………………………………..& any nearest airport………………………………………………………
Â
For your
information your (a.t.m card) worth $2.5million dollars has not been activate and
it needs to be activated so that the fund will be reflected to avoid any
complain by the time you will make use of it, but the activation will cost you $105
usd with the delivering fee, because I have already help you and paid for the security
keeping fee with sum of $50usd
Right now
we are here in our office with the D.H.L delivery company manager to confirm the
payment of $105 usd for the activation of you’re (a.t.m card) and the deliveryfee of your (a.t.m parcel card) before sending the D.H.L office tracking number and e.t.c for you through your email address.
Â
Our office
information +229-99750543
Â
Best
Regard
Barr
George F. Moore
director
legal of (W.B.A) world bank auditors
THANKS AND
GOD BLESS YOU.
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