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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a orphan scam.
- 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.
- isabellayoung86@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Miss Maria Bernard <graceilembaa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: isabellayoung86@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:56:43 +0800
Subject: GREETINGS FROM MARIA BERNARD
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GREETINGS TO YOU I HOPE I MEET YOU IN A GOOD SPIRIT MY NAME IS MARIA
BERNARD, AM 18 YEARS OLD I'M THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILD OF MY LATE
PARENTS MR AND MRS NELSON BERNARD. I LOST MY PARENTS AND MY ONLY KID
BROTHER MYSTERIOUSLY ON A CAR ACCIDENT ON THEIR TRIP TO IVORY COAST
WERE MY DADDY RUNS HIS OIL FIRM(COMPANY) WHICH I WAS SO LUCKY THAT I
WAS NOT IN THE CAR WITH THEM THAT FAITH FRIDAY MORNING ON 27TH JULY
2012 THEIR DEATH HAS COST ME SO MUCH PAINS PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY
BECAUSE I WAS JUST 13YEARS WHEN I LOST THEM AND EVER SINCE THEN,I HAVE
BEEN STAYING WITH MY LATE FATHER'S BROTHER MR EDWIN BERNARD WHO HAS
BEEN TREATING ME LIKE A SLAVE IN MY OWN FATHER HOUSE EVER SINCE I LOST
MY PARENT'S I HAVE BEEN SERVING MY UNCLE AS A SERVANT FROM THE FIRST
DAY HE PARKED IN TO CLAIM ALL MY LATE FATHER'S INVESTMENTS.
MY LATE FATHER IS A WELL KNOWN MAN IN BENIN REPUBLIC BECAUSE OF HIS
PERSONALITY IN THE BUSINESS WORLD WHICH HIS BROTHERS HAVE END UP
SHARING AND MISUSED IT BECAUSE OF THEIR GREEDINESS AND LACK OF
EDUCATION ALL THEY WANT IS TO SHARE THE PROPERTY WHICH THEY HAVE
SUCCEEDED TO ACHIEVED.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING A SORROWFUL AND LONELY LIFE OVER HERE SINCE THE
INCIDENT I WAS BIT YOUNGER AS I SAID BEFORE AND EARLIER THIS YEAR
15TH OF JANUARY 2017 I DISCOVERED A DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE IN MY LATE
FATHER'S ABANDONED STATIONERY WHICH STATED THAT THE CERTIFICATE PROVES
THAT MY LATE FATHER HAS MADE IN A DEPOSIT IN A BANK CALLED (BICICI
BANK PLC ABIDJAN IN IVORY ) A DEPOSIT WORTH OF EIGHT MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($8.500 000. 00 MILLION DOLLARS) IN IVORY
COAST WERE HE WAS RUNNING HIS OIL BUSINESS ON MARCH 06|03|2011.
I HAVE GONE TO THE BANK TO MAKE NECESSARY VERIFICATION ABOUT THE
EXISTENCE OF THE FUNDS AND I'M SO GLAD AND HAPPY THAT THE BANK MANAGER
OF THE BICICI BANK HAS IT POSITIVE AND EXISTING THAT IS THE REASON WHY
I CONTACTED YOU SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO THE BANK AS MY PARTNER
SO THAT THE (BICICI BANK) CAN LET ME HAVE ACCESS TO MY FUNDS BECAUSE
THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN NOT RELEASE THE MONEY TO ME UNTIL I GET
SOMEONE TO BACK ME UP AS PARTNER JUST BECAUSE OF MY YOUNG AGE BEFORE
THEY CAN TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT, I REALLY NEED TO
RELOCATE FROM MY COUNTRY TO HAVE A NEW LIFE ABROAD AND SOMEHOW A NEW
FAMILY IF YOU CAN ACCEPT ME AS YOUR DAUGHTER.I WILL RECOMMEND YOU TO
THE BICICI BANK DIRECTOR AS MY PARTNER AND SOMEONE I HAVE CHOSEN AS
THE BENEFICIARIES OF MY FUNDS WHO I HAVE ALSO CHOSEN TO HELP ME
PROTECT AND INVEST ON MY FUNDS WHEN I RELOCATE TO YOUR COUNTRY .YOUR
SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED
FINALLY, I HAVE SOME
QUESTION'S TO ASK YOU PLEASE
(1)WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR
YOU AFTER THE MONEY HAS COMPLETELY TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT?
25%
(2)ARE YOU COMPLETELY GIVING ME YOUR TRUST THAT YOU WILL NOT DENY ME
MY FUNDS IF IT'S TRANSFER TO YOUR
ACCOUNT BECAUSE OF MY AGE?
I WILL NOT DENY YOU.
(3)CAN I REALLY TRUST YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SCAM ME OUT MY MONEY
FULLY TRUST ME!
(4)ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP ME BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY THING TO HELP
MY SELF TO GET THE MONEY RELEASE WITHOUT YOUR FULL ASSISTANT?
I WILL FULLY HELP & ASSIST YOU
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AND LET ME KNOW YOUR MIND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS. I WILL SEND TO YOU
MY PICTURE AND THE DOCUMENT YOU NEEDED TO SEE OKAY
YOURS SINCERELY
MISS.MARIA BERNARD
E-MAIL:isabellayoung86@gmail.com
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