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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. Mohammed" <ononnnafit@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mzara2000@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:45:19 +0000
Subject: Urgent response
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Greetings,
I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate a sum of money
into your personal bank account for the benefit of both of us.
It is a genuine business transaction which i cannot operate it alone
without using a foreigner as required in the bank law, therefore i am
contacting you to stand before the bank as the beneficiary next of kin
to the fund and assist me actualize this great opportunity so that we
could shear the benefit together by the help of God.
Looking forward for your urgent response
Regards, in sincerity,
Zara Mohammed.
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