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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.
- airnavi2private@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Hon.Jones Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adamsjones58@consultant.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 08:28:43 -1000
Subject: READ ATTENTIVELY AND THEN REPLY ME
Dear Sir,
I am contacting you this morning in order to give you an urgent and CONFIDENTIAL information about the money that you have been pursuing in my country.
I also have a piece of good news to tell you because I have found the solution on how to move the money direct to any location of your choice. I met an old friend of my late brother who is a pilot with one of the prime airlines in the aviation sector in my country. I discussed this business with him and he promised to help to deliver the money to you through a system called the DCCPS, direct cash call payment scheme. This is a method that the pilot has used to move several millions of British pounds, euro and US dollars in CASH out of Africa for many top African politicians and government officials.
He will not charge you his professional fee until he delivers the package of money to your preferred location. Only the clearance papers to be obtained at the airports in Africa and your country.
The name of the pilot is Captain Ebenezer and I want you to contact him urgently via: Email: airnavi2private@gmail.com.
Contact him urgently because he will be flying to Accra-London-Luxembourg tomorrow and ask him to direct you how he can help you receive the money by DCCPS. You may also ask him for his telephone number so that you will discuss one on one with him.
Let me stop so far until I hear from you.
Hon.Jones Adams
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