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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:
- "to your nominated 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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (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.
- 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: " Ambassador Paul Artwright"<79559123@mylife.unisa.co.za >
Reply-To: ambassador.paulartwright01@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:45:44 +0600
Subject: BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER (AMBASSADOR MR PAUL ARTWRIGHT) RE CLAIM OF
INHERITANCE FUNDS
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NIGERIA
Lagos. 11 Walter Carrington Crescent.
Telephone Operator: + 2348118192302
FROM:BRITISH EMBASSY (ABUJA)
ATTENTION
This is an urgency been alert to the British Embassy regarding the
accusation to Nigeria Federal Government on the release of your
Inheritance and we have assigned by the British Government as the
Colonial Master of Nigeria as instructed representative in the British
Government to contact you regarding the correspondence letter from the
Central bank of Nigeria as per your funds transaction which mind go
the other way round of you losing it as Abandon funds, Your funds
should be claim from the Central Bank Online Banking and it has been
mandated upon the Bank hear from you the beneficiary there will be
vital instruction and direction on how to proceed with the funds
transfer from the Nigeria Central Bank to your nominated Bank Account
without any form of delay or stoppage.
Beneficiary are to noted that all documents which was issue on behalf
of this funds in your favor will be mark as abandon funds, because
Nigeria Government in question don't want any more funds to be making
them to encounter difficult from the WORLD ORGANIZATION BODIES, i
will not take any more respond than to know if the complain coming
from Nigeria Government are all right on the funds will be cancel in
the next 28 hours, because tomorrow 12 noon in Nigeria time which
will be very earlier in the Morning in United State time the funds
will have been Confiscated if no proper response from you to the
Central Bank of Nigeria where your Inheritance Compensation funds
which worth the sum of $6.5 million Usd.
Beneficiary kindly re confirm your full detail below.
Full Name:
Address:
Age:
Phone Number:
International Passport:
Country:
Occupation:
Next of Kin's
BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION
AMBASSADOR PAUL ARKWRIGHT
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