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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- 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.
- daviddanj11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: paul Isamalaki <drpaulim@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: paul Isamalaki <daviddanj11@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 13:05:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD
 To: My Good Friend
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from USA; Presently I'm in Dubai-UAE for investment projects with my own share of the total Contract sum. Mean-while I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds out of the country despite that it failed us somehow. Now contact my secretary Rev. David Phillips in Wuse-Abuja West Africa with this information stated bellow:
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Name:Â Â Â Â Â Â Rev. David PhillipsÂ
Email:Â Â Â Â Â Â daviddanj11@gmail.com
Tell:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â +234 7062752633
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Please Send Rev. David Phillips this information's now and Call him that
You have sent him an important email:
Your Full Name: __________________________________________
Full Home Address:Â __________________________________________
Company Name:Â __________________________________________
Tell/Cell:Â __________________________________________
Amount:Â __________________________________________
Form of ID:Â Â __________________________________________
Age: __________________________________________
Make sure you to send him this information correct in other to instruct the bank manager to issue ATM CARD in your full Name from his bank because i don’t want him to make any mistake on this. And ask Him to send you the ATM CARD what of USD$1,750,000 (One Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollar Only) that will credit inside the ATM CARD which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me transfer the total money out of the country. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free to get in-touched with my secretary Rev. David Phillips urgent and pleaded him facilitate delivering the ATM CARD to your home address that you will provide to him and make sure you send your correct address to him to avoid wrong delivery as you know that the amount in the ATM CARD is US$1,750,000 only.
Please let me know immediately you receive the ATM CARD from him so that we can share the joy together after all our sufferings at that time to execute the transfer which you have trying a lot to help me out move the funds out of my country. At this moment I'm very busy here in UAE because of the investment projects which me and the new partner is having at hand and I just use this little time i have to send you this email so if I did not get back to your email after this email please pardon me.
 Finally, remember that I had instruct my secretary on your behalf to receive the ATM CARD, so feel free to get in-touch with Rev. David Phillips who is in position to send the ATM CARD to you after the manager process your ATM CARD And try to be honest with my secretary because he is a very good trust man. And you should notify me on receiving the ATM CARD and start withdrawal your compensation money from the Card.
Contact him as soon as possible.
Best Regards
Dr. Paul Isamalaki Jr.
(Accountant General of CBN).
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