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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- scptjennyson@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Cpt Jennyson Sicart Walter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <scptjennyson@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 09:18:42 -0400
Subject: I am Cpt. Jennyson Sicart Walter, an officer in the U.S Army.
Cpt.Jennyson Sicart Walter
US Rescue Team,Afghanistan
PLEASE REPLY THROUGH THE BELLOW EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASON'S.
Email: scptjennyson@yahoo.de
Good Day !!
I am Cpt. Jennyson Sicart Walter, an officer in the U.S Army. I served
in Iraq for over 7 years before I was deployed to Afghanistan. During
my service in Iraq, I was able to secure $46Million as my share. This
is part of the cash we discovered in Baghdad which was undeclared at
that time. You can find the history on the BBC and CNN Link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/21/world/asia/afghanistan-us-troops/index.html
I had to arrange the cash in a military box and moved to a secure
location in Europe. I have also made arrangement on how to move this
box to you if you can confide in me.
I want to hand over this funds to a trust Worthy Person that can help
me keep it safe until I return back from service so that both of us
can establish joint investment or business. can you be trusted? kindly
send me your name,address and cell phone # for easy communication. Pls
reply me through my private email : scptjennyson@yahoo.de
Please kindly keep this transaction Confidential because I am still
serving in the Military camp here in Afghanistan.
Cpt Jennyson Sicart Walter
US Rescue Team,Afghanistan
PLEASE REPLY THROUGH THE BELLOW EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASON'S.
Email: scptjennyson@yahoo.de
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