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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: "Mr. Garcia" <renraq@renraq.jp>
Reply-To: garcia.rodriguez01@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:58:10 -0800
Subject: Hello Beneficiary,..............ALERT ONALLYOUR PAYMENTS.
Hello Beneficiary,
Kindly permit me to introduce myself....I am Mr. Garcia Rodriguez a certified
Chartered Accountant and Auditor. I was invited by the Nigerian Government to
help audit the administrator of their former President Dr. Johnathan Goodluck.
We were asked to look into how they handled all international payments such
as INHERITANCE, CONTRACT, AND THOSE THAT SUPPLY ITEMS DURING THE REGIME. My team
is to check all payments out and make sure they are well balanced.
We detected so much irregularities and frauds during our audit, what is most
painful about this is that we detected that a lot of beneficiary's from many
parts of the world that have spent lots of money regardless to receive their
payments and at the end their funds were not released to them. Your email
address was found on the list that is why I am contacting you.
We have already sent our report to the Federal Government and point very hard
to the Federal Government on cases of the beneficiaries who has lost so much
of their hard earned money in respect of their payment and their payment was
still not release and it is on this regards the Federal Government of Nigeria
mandated my team to handle the payment of beneficiaries and make sure their
payment is released in as much as due process/ legal process is been followed
by any of the beneficiaries.
I will need you to work with me with total trust and corporation, I am a trust
worthy man hence I will be open and sincere with you. Kindly forward your
reachable mobile number and residential address without delay so that I can
commence your claims.
I await your immediate reply.
Thank you.
Mr. Garcia Rodriguez
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