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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Captain Tom Phillips <tphilcp@hot.ee>
Reply-To: captaintom.philips@aim.com
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:32:40 +0100
Subject: RESPOND FOR DETAILS
My name is Capt. Tom Phillips. I am in the Engineering military unit
here in Kuwait.We have some amount of funds that we want to transfer
out of the country.
My partners and I need a good partner,someone we can trust. It is oil
money and legal.These funds were gotten from a soaring oil revenue and
contract award.
Once the funds gets to you; you are to take out 30% and keep our own 70%.
Your own part of this deal is to find a safe place where these funds
can be sent to.It's legal and risk free.
Should you be interested, I will furnish you with more details
Regards
Capt. Tom Phillips
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