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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- +447087667382 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
Fraud email example:
From: "EDDIE BALOCOV" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 15:14:48 +0100
Subject: CLARION CALL FROM SYRIA WAR
A CLARION CALL FROM SYRIA WAR.
This is an appeal to you on a vital help.I am Eddie Balocov.I am from Kafer-Haya cities of Idlib province Aleppo.
I am an accountant with Ebla Cham Palace Hotel & Casino, Chouta Gardens Airport Road, Damascus SYRIA.
Its one of the biggest casino in SYRIA before the WAR BROKE UP and am a refugee now since i have moved outside Syria.
I lost all i have back home including all my families but manage to escape through the deadly boarder with treasures
worth millions of dollars which i took from the CASINO SAFE and i managed to smuggle it outside SYRIA.
I urgently need a help from you in particular so that i wont lose all i have to the hands of hoodlums,
and i can start a new life with it in your country because am left with no place to call my home now.
I am now between the FRANCE BOARDER AND BRITISH BOARDER and in few weeks or months as i write i will be crossing over
to the capital city LONDON where i feel its safer for my life.
I will like you to help me by claiming and investing this money and treasures in your possession as partners.
I cant do anything or even go to bank to do any transaction monetarily because of my status as a REFUGEE.
I will provide you with all required information needed as we PROCEED.
I will like to see you in person to know you more, please reply me as soon as possible now that i still have
internet access in the refuge camp to write you.
I will love us to have mutual trust at all cost.The telephone number below is from a guard here working in this refuge camp,
we begged him to use his number as a contact.He will give me the phone when you call.
kindly give me your particular as follows
1. First two pages of your International Passport for identification.
2. Your residential Address and Country of Origin.
3. Your Telephone and direct Email Address.
Your Sincerely
Eddie Balocov
+447087667382
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