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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "rklien101@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: "MR. AHMED BELLO" <bamed2@amedbel.website.tk>
Reply-To: <rklien101@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:12:00 +0700
Subject: Re: Contact Mr. Robert Klien for your Compensation Payment
Dear Friend,
How are you doing today? I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an international business man.
Presently I am in Yemen for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how therefore, contact my account officer with below information:
Name: Mr. Robert Klien
Email: rklien101@outlook.com
Tel: +234 806 790 8990
I drop an Instruction to send the total sum of $950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) to you which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and contact him with your receiving bank details for transfer of the fund.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the stress at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.
Have a blessed day.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Ahmed Bello
House of Assambly
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