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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: "caroline" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carokar2015@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:18:20 +0100
Subject: Goodday to you from CAROLINE
Goodday to you from bela
naturally it may interest you to know that i am CAROLINE KARGBO.
I am caroline kargbo an adopted child of Late
JULIUS KARGBO. After the death of
my adopted father,the family treated me badly and reject me
from their family so that i will not inherit my adopted
fathers properties.
My adopted father secretly called me before his
death and inform me that i am the next of kin to collect his money in FINANCIAL/SECURITY company
and gave to me the related document.
He told me to secure an a foreign
investor that will assist me to invest the money in any
country in europe,asia,gulf and america and keep away from
the family because he know that they dont like me and dont
know what can happen to me after his death if i stay in
their midst.
My father said he has inform the financial company OFFICER IN
CHAARGE that i must provide foreign investor before they will
released the money to me.
I make contact to the financial company
after his death and they are waiting for me
to provide foreign investor and come for the
collection so that i will not misuse the money.
Please i want you to assist me to be my
foreign partner for the collection of this fund and to come
to your country to live the rest of my life and continue my
education that has stop due to my present situation in your
country.
If you can assist me i will will be happy in life and
will compesate you.
The money is [ 3.3M$ ]
The reason why i need your assistance is that :
1) I must present foreign partner before the fund can be
released and foreign account
2) I dont want to stay in africa again ,in as
much there is nobody TO trust as family .
3) I dont want any of the family to know about the money and my life
again.
Please i really need your help. Please get back to me with
your full name and address and telephone number to give to the company as the beneficiary.
Waiting to hear from you .
Regards
CAROLINE KARGBO
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