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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Daniel Mark <dannymark200@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Daniel Mark <dannmark200@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:42:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Your Urgent Response is Needed!
 Attention my dear Friend,
I am Sir.Daniel Mark, I am an Origin of Republic of Benin.
I am contacting you because of the way i found.I knew you maybe suprise the way i got your email but never mind I got your email in an international Professional data when I was searching for a reliable hand.
Inbrief,I was a friend to Late Mr. Nick Norris from USA who lost his life in Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
He was on a business trip to Asia before the suddenly death and before his death he 10 Million USA Dollars to
to a Finance Company here hoping to invest to move is Asia for investment,I was the closest person to him and in the document was stated that it is only through his foreign business foreign business associate that the money can be moved and to a foreign bank account under his foreign business partner and no one was mentioned or named as his foreign business Partner and this was why i am contacting.
I have all the documents backing it up with me here.
I need your urgent response response for more details and guard line.
Regards
Daniel Mark.
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