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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.
- samuelabiswell@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Samuela Biswell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <addo5942@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 06:17:54 -0400
Subject: From Mrs. Samuela Biswell
Good day my dear, and how is life with you?
I am Mrs. Samuela Biswell, a wife to late Engr. Marvel Biswell from Australia, last three (3) years ago my husband late Engr. Marvel was awarded a contract in West-Africa by the past regime government of Nigeria before his sudden death as a result of Boko Haram bomb blast in Nigeria last year while at work site and since then my staying here in Nigeria is becoming more dangerous especially since the death of my lovely husband who left me without any child.
Please I really need your good relationship towards my late husband life time acquired money worth US$18.3Million out of this country Nigeria for an investment over there than here in Nigeria where a lot of things are going wrong. and my late husband account manager has called me several time to come for an establishment with the money here in Nigeria but I am not comfortable with such idea here.
So, my dear I, will appreciate if you can treat this humble request as urgency requires and once I confirm a good relationship between us, I will file a letter to the bank where my late husband deposited our life time acquired amount and advice the bank to move the money in your position for safekeeping and for further establishment.
Thanks and hoping for your reply for more information.
Mrs. Samuela Biswell
Email: samuelabiswell@gmail.com
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