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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.
- ismisscynthiaahu@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "MISS CYNTHIA AGU" <misscynthia@ati.tn>
Reply-To: MISSCYNTHIAAHU@GMAIL.COM
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:06:43 +0100
Subject: MY NAME IS MISS CYNTHIA AGU I AM 27 YEARS OLD
MY NAME IS MISS CYNTHIA AGU I AM 27 YEARS OLD, JUST STARTED WORKING WITH CB=
N. I CAME ACROSS YOUR FILE MARKED X AND YOUR RELEASED DISK PAINTED RED.I RE=
D BOURN TIME TO STUDY IT AND TRIED TO FIND OUT WHY THE FUNDS WERE NOT RELEA=
SED TO YOU. THOSE EVIL OFFICIALS CAN NEVER TELL YOU THE TRUTH QUE THEY WILL=
NOT RELEASE THE FUND TO YOU; INSTEAD THEY ALLOW YOU SHOPPING SPEND YOUR MO=
NEY UNNECESSARILY. I TO NOT INTEND TO WORK HERE FOREVER; I CAN HELP YOU CLA=
IM YOUR FUND IF YOU CAN CERTIFY ME OF MY SECURITY AND ASSURE ME QUE YOU WOU=
LD SETTLE WITH ME AFTER YOU MUST HAVE RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT. I MUST DO THIS=
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW THE STATUS OF YOUR PAYMENT AND CAUSE FOR THE DELA=
Y. THIS IS LIKE A MAFIA SETTING IN NIGERIA AND YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BECAU=
SE YOU ARE NOT A NIGERIAN. THE ONLY THING NEEDED TO RELEASE THIS FUND TO YO=
U IS THE (GLAN CERTIFICATE), WHICH WILL BE-TENDERED TO ANY OF YOUR NOMINATE=
D BANK AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IRS IS CLEARANCE OF THE TRANSFERRED=
AMOUNT IN YOUR ACCOUNT.ONCE THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE IS GOTTEN THIS FUND W=
ILL IMMEDIATELY REFLECT IN YOUR BANK WITHIN 10 MINUTES. THE ONLY AUTHORIZED=
AND SINCERE PERSON WHO WILL ISSUE YOU THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS IS MRS. JENNI=
FER EMEH. MAKE SURE YOU INDICATE YOUR FILE LETTER X AND TELL HER ITS PAINTE=
D COLOR RED SO SHE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR FILE. THE PRESIDENT MADE =
THE COMPENSATION FUND RELEASE FOR ALL UNPAID BENEFICIARIES / CONTRACTORS. T=
HEREFORE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE YOUR ORIGINAL INITIAL FUND, THE COMP=
ENSATION FUND RELEASE BONUS WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR ORIGINAL FUND PAYMENT. TH=
E WHOLE BOTH YOUR INITIAL FUNDS PAYMENT AND THE COMPENSATION PAYMENT SHALL =
BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS SOON AS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS ARE C=
LEARED. DO GET BACK TO ME ASAP IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED IN CLAIMING YOUR=
FUND. MY EMAIL ADDRESS ISMISSCYNTHIAAHU@GMAIL.COM YOURS SINCERELY, MISS CY=
NTHIA AGU
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