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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:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr.Rubarak Amadou" <rubarakamadou1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr.Rubarak Amadou" <rubarakamadou@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 23:03:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: I wait Your Urgent Reply.
 For Your Kind Attention.
Could you please consider to help me to relocate this sum of Eighteen million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$18.600.000 Million) to your country for establishing an industry in your country. This fund was deposited in our bank by Mr. Paul Louis Halley from France who died in a plane crash in 2003 TBM 700 Air craft on 6th December with his wife and the whole crew on board. We have tried to contact his family to come forward for claims but could not succeed. We discovered that the late France citizen died along side with his wife and children who are supposed to be his next of kin.
Click here (http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm)
I will give you all vital information concerning the France citizen and the $18.600.000 Million in our custody so that you will contact my bank for them to release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased person. You will have to establish contact with the bank while I will guide you on the step to follow till the transfer of his fund reaches to you and your account. as one of the bank directors will give you an instruction on what you should do, reply and let me know immediately if you are interested by confirm your personal information below.
You’re Full name:
You’re Country:
You’re Occupation:
You’re Telephone number:
You’re Age:
I wait Your Urgent Reply.
Mr Rubarak Amadou
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