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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: "mrs.aishaabu abu" <mrs.aishaabu36@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.aishaabu1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 04:51:32 -0700
Subject: Waiting to hear from you soonest
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Hello
I am Aisha Abu Minyar, I am offering you a partnership proposal in a
classified monetary transaction, which involves the need to secretly
relocate and secures some of our family funds concealed in a special escrow
dormant holding with a financial services company in Europe. I am in a very
difficult situation and I must immediately relocate this fund for safety
and investments purposes..i assure you that you will not spend any cent on
this transaction.
More so, this must be done in such a way that it must not be tied to me as
a result of my father's death and politics circumstances. More details of
the transaction will be disclosed to you once you can assure me that you
can be trusted to handle this. Honesty and trust is what I am in quest of,
so therefore your assurance of confidentiality and trust will be highly
appreciated. For further clarification.
Waiting to hear from you soonest
Thank you
Aisha Abu Minyar
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