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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- 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.
- ovieahmed16@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Ovie Ahmed <uk2014q@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 05:17:30 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: THANKS A LOT , I APPRECIATE
Hello dear ,
I am so scared to contact you via e-mail but for now it remains the safest to me since I have not met you before and do not know how you will feel about this my proposition to you considering the various unsolicited emails flying into our e-mail box on daily basis .I have worked in my country in the oil sector as a top officer and due to retire very soon .As an experienced and top officer in the oil sector I was informed much earlier by some of my international colleagues about the hike in oil prize some years back. So I decided in collaboration with a Russian oil magnet to prepare and reserve for sale an appreciable volume of the crude oil in anticipation of the oil hike and it paid off so dearly .At this moment the oil prize is too bad and having made enough money already I now decided to invest my share in a profitable business venture else where.
I got to know about you through my research for a trustworthy and committed business minded person who I ca
n entrust with the investment of my share of the oil transaction.I have mapped out the total sum of ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR($130M) only for investment .I will provide you with more detail about this if I receive positive response from you .PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED JUST DELETE THIS MESSAGE AND DO NOT REPLY ME AS I WILL CONSIDER YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IF YOU DO NOT REPLY AFTER 7 WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY .
YOU CAN AS WELL REPLY ME ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX ovieahmed16@gmail.com FOR ACCURATE PRIVACY
Yours sincerely,
Ahmed
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