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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: Dr Goodluck Jonathan <drgoodluck123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drgoodluck123@presidency.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 14:12:47 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madm, your Compensation fund of $35.5 Million is ready. Get
back to me Asap.
Dear Sir Madam,
I am Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the former President of Nigeria.
Your long awaited fund of $35.5 Million Compensation fund is very much
ready to be release to you. We are paying this fund to you as
recommended by the United Nations because some Africans tried to
defraud you. So we are compensating the people defrauded and also
people they tried to defraud.
Please kindly send the following information so that we will release
your fund to you.
Send the following
1: Name
2: Address
3: A scan copy of your international passport and drivers License.
4: Telephone numbers
4: Your Company name.
I will process your file when you send the information and your fund
shall be release to you.
Please note that i will also allocate oil well for you in Nigeria and
we will ship crude oil to you.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
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