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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: Ares Hsieh <kfv@istranet.ru>
Reply-To: Ares Hsieh <areshsieh72@yahoo.com.my>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:45:54 +0400 (MSK)
Subject: Good Morning,
Good Morning,
I am Mr Ares Hsieh , a citizen of China based in Malaysia .some years back my late father made some investment in Canada and United States through an investment agent.
I have ask that the investment be sold off and the money transferred to me ,so i could inject the funds into business here in Malaysia. But i was told by My contact, that they have a new policy not to transfer funds out of North America for now.
So i was ask to provide an account or a third party within North America who can collect the funds on my behalf and forward to me since my health condition will not allow me to travel long distance for now.
Please get back to me if you can handle this.Also note that you shall not be doing this for free .
Regards
Mr Ares Hsieh
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