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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Isoka Umitag <umitagisoka@gmail.com>
Reply-To: isokaumitag@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 10:18:10 +0100
Subject: Re: Urgent Informmation!
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Dear Beneficiary,
More information shall be disclosed to you upon your confirmation of
this notice for security reasons to avoid Copyright Violations.
Your funds $10,580,000.00 is be released by the order of CENTRAL BANK
OF BENIN that all outstanding and overdue payments should be offset by
this month.
Meanwhile a man came to the bank few days ago with a letter, claiming
to be your true representative.
Below are his bank information’s:
Bank Name: Bank of America
Bank Address: 501 e main str turlock ca 95380
Bank Account number: 0832677203
Bank Account beneficiary: R. A. Busco
Bank Account swift code: b o f a u s 3 n
Routing No: 121000358
Iban: 026009593
Please advise if you have instructed Mr. R. A. Busco to receive the
payment on your behalf so that the Federal Reserve will not be held
responsible for paying into the wrong account name.
However, we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said Mr.
R. A. Busco if we do not hear from you within the next seven working
days from today. This measure is to avoid unnecessary mix-up and
subsequent legal action against us.
Best Regards,
Mr. Isoka Umitag.
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This e-mail is sent by a law firm and contains confidential or
privileged information.
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