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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- h.fofficefile@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- info below email.holyfamily.officebox@yahoo.pt h.fofficefile@yahoo.com mranthonychiefdirectoroffice@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Anthony James" <billphilip98@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Mr. Anthony James" <holyfamily.officebox@yahoo.pt>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:31:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ATTENTION MY DEAR FRIEND
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ATTENTION MY DEAR FRIEND
I’m Mr. Anthony James the chief director of holy family nursery and primary school po box 10567 beside st.boniface catholic cathedral idah kogi state
My dear friend
It’s my pleasure to inform u about this
The school holy family nursery and primary school is one of the best private school here in idah kogi state and people so much like the school, but for so long people have been telling us to up grade the school to secondary school so that their children can attend their secondary school there after their vacation from primary school but the reason why we did not do that since is because we did not have enough capital at hand but after having thought about it my self I decided to present the issue to the school owner whom happens to be REV fr Emmanuel john he is a Nigerian but he lives in Porto novo du benin republic so when I told him about it he was very very happy to here that but he also complain of not having enough money on his personal account that the money he has is nothing compare to the amount we have in the school account but he ask me to try my possible best to know if I could see any body who may be interested in school business and if the person agree to paten with us then I should give the person full assurance of equal share from the school of any amount we made in a month every year that he the REV Fr will give us his fully support from what he have so I decided to inform you about it to know if you are interested in the business so if you are interested in it that you want to associate with us that you want to paten with us kindly contact us on the following info below Â
Email.holyfamily.officebox@yahoo.pt
H.fofficefile@yahoo.com
mranthonychiefdirectoroffice@yahoo.com
Revfr.emmanuel@yandex.com
Revfr phone number +22998121771
Our office number +2348036569176
Please contact us immediately you receive this mail so that we can give you every detail you need to know about the school and when you can send your own support and to tell you when everything will get started you can also provide the following info about your self which are Â
Your phone number
Your Email address
Your I d card passport
Your office number
And your full name
That is to enable us to reach you any time any day to keep you up date about everything And even if you don’t want to come down to our country it will also help us in communicating with you to let you know when you share is ready? Thank you Â
And may God bless each and every one of us in Jesus name AMEN
REGARDS TO Mr. Anthony James   Phone number +22998121771
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