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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: "Mrs. S" <mm@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gormlaithstevenson@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 05:51:53 -0400
Subject: From Mrs G
I am Mrs Gormlaith Stevenson a 57 years old widow.
I am a real estate consultant & developer in Ireland, this is what I do for a living until I developed a terminal illness that is making me not practically fit to run my business which led me into winding up my business 3 years ago and moved my capital and profit to a storage firm in USA due to the fact that my late husband was from Minneapolis Minnesota with the perception of distributing the funds to the less privilege or support businesses that require funding especially in the real estate though other business would also be considered.
The purpose of this email is to propose an investment plan to you using my funds with the security company in USA. Regardless of where you are, in or outside the states, I will be willing to support your business on the basis that 30% of your turnover from my capital given to you would be used for charity donations.
This is absolutely risk free and requires no payment to acquire. I am doing this because I have less than 3 months to live .I therefore need a reliable fellow to champion my course by receiving this funds, investing it in private business and donating 30% of profit generated to the less privilege or if you are not into any business, you can receive the funds as my next of kin and assist me in distributing it to the less privilege but you must be honest ,do not bother responding if you are not honest or sincere but if you are Reply me to this email if you are interested for further details.
Sincerely Mrs Gormlaith S
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