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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: Ares Hsieh <16whebrank@vianney.com>
Reply-To: areshsieh72@yahoo.com.my
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:12:05 +0100
Subject: Greetings
Greetings
I am Mr Ares Hsieh a Chinese citizen based in Malaysia .some years back
my late father made some investment in Canada and the United
states through an investment agent.
I have ask that the investment be liquidated and the money transferred to
me so i could inject the funds into the family
business and take good care of my Health . But i was told by My contact,
that for some reasons, they have a new policy not to transfer funds out of
North America for now.
So i was given the option to provide somebody to collect the money on my
behalf and forward to me since my present health condition will not permit
me to travel long distance for now as advice by my doctor.
Please get back to me for more details if you are interested , Also note
you shall not be doing this for free and am not asking any money from your
end to get this done.
Regards and have a nice day.
Mr Ares Hsieh
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