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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: ''Frank J.Fabozzi''
Reply-To: <barrykennedy65@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:47:04 +0100
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS NEEDED..
Hi,
My name is Frank J. Fabozzi I am contacting you to receive MT103
direct cash transfer of US$800M to be shared as follows 30% to the
recipient 50% to the provider 20% to the intermediaries, The fund
originated from currency conversion transaction that i transacted with
a client in the bank and the Euro and US$ providers has received their
funds accordingly the US$800M suppose to me my profit unfortunately
the paying bank deposited the fund in our company qfinance escrow
account and my company board of directors now wanted to withhold the
US$800M then I now informed them that someone transacted the business
only to move out the fund from our company escrow account.
Your urgent response is highly needed
Thanks,
Frank J. Fabozzi
Qfinance London Clearing house
The Ultimate Financial Resource
London, United Kingdom
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