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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.
- 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Adama Oudrago <usglobalinterestprotection@gmail.com>
Reply-To: adamaoudragoo01@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:20:35 +0000
Subject: Captain OUDRAGO ADAMA
Captain OUDRAGO ADAMA
I am Captain OUDRAOGO ADAMA former aide-de-camp of the former
President of Burkina Faso, Captain Blaise Compaore who has been been
brought down from power.following a popular insurrection on the 31st
october 2014 after 22 years in offic.. In his fall and while he was
fleeing towards Cote D'Ivoire, the former President Blaise Compaore
had charged me to do the cleansing in his private rooms in the
presicentiall villa that I know very well for having spent more than
eight years in his goverment
And knowing the existence of the souvereignty funds in the villa. I
only found 20 twenty boxes containing 50 million dollars in in his
private room which I declared as contaiingng his private artifacts
having 20 boxes of 2. 5. millillon per box , I only carried 3 boxes
which had 7.5million before entrusting them to a freight forwarder
who had To transport them to the Félix Houphouët-Boigny International
Airport of Abidjan. I left the rest 17 boxes because of the
advancement of the civillians and the millitary who were .
marching towards the presidential villa.
For this coooperation, I propose a commission of 30% to my future
partner and rmy collaborator
I AWAIT YOUR COOPERATION ..........
Captain OUDRAGO ADAMA
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