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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "transferred into your bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: James Rohman <jamesrohman56@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:45:58 +0000
Subject: very urgent
How are you today with hope all is well
with you and your family I do hope that my mail will meet
you in good faith and clear understanding.
I don't know whom to talk to or relate
this to that is why i have to search for some one i could
trust and a Foreigner to assist me on a
Fund placed as Escrow Account on our last year
Audit/board of directors meeting of which I am a part of
that meeting I know of Mr Amaduilu Khebir Sabiq a big oil Merchqnt who
deals
on crude oil was affected on bomb blast in Libya in the year
2012 of which I personally took care of his payment file
before his exit I have tried all i could to see
if I could get in touch with any of his relation of no availl as a
banker among the board of trustees
the next option is to recredit the funds to bank treasury or
confiscate this Fund $22.850 Million US dollars.Twenty two million
eight hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars
My dear Friend,Ihave known you times ago in dating site called
planetromeo but we did not relate at lenght but if i can present you
as the onward
beneficiary to this fund it will do us good for me as it is not wise
for an indigine to apply as next of kin to the deceased but as an
insider in the bank I will have you furnished with all the banking
details both account and password of the account,all the question and
answer but I would not want any body to know that there is someone in
the bank giving you all these information you must promise me.
I give you guidlines on how the transaction will go as soon as i
receive your email i will give you our bank contact for you
to contact our foreign remittance department as soon as they
approve of your email the sky is our limit please my dear
friend all i want from you is to assist me on this
business i am proposing to you .
For the fund to be transfer in to your given bank account we will
not have fight for the fund
it will do us good if we inherit our goal with one spirit
and sincerity to each other.
Before the Fund will be transferred into your bank account I will
be preparing to
come over your country for the disbursement of our shares. Please I
need your urgent respond as soon as you get in
contact with the bank if they ask of any option for the
fund to be transferred to you let them know that it should be
transfer true ATM electronic it will be the easiest way for
us to get into the fund the bank have the right to send
their card to any location of their client.
Waiting to hear from you Mr.JAMES ROHMAN
private/ +228 98889226
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