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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 united state 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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- info.alexcleveland@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Alex Rodriquez <registroayuntamiento@alamedadelasagra.com>
Reply-To: info.alexcleveland@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:11:33 +0200
Subject: READ CAREFULLY
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Good day.
My names is Mr Alex Rodriquez a lawyer by profession; I have a client
who is a Norwegian citizen currently residing in Libya and she has asked
me to solicit for a foreign partner to assist her with her planned
overseas investment with a reliable person.
My client has a fortune worth of USD 6, 000,000.00 (Six Million
United State Dollars) in cash deposit with a private Security Company
which was lodged by her late father for safe keep during the Libyan
uprising in 2011; she now wants to move the funds to overseas for
investment and she is willing to offer a 30% of the total funds as a
finder’s fee to anyone who would assist her in moving and receiving this
funds and also to help her relocate from her current base in Southern
Africa .
Please contact me for more details via my e-mail if you are
interested otherwise we would appreciate a reference suitable for the
offer if you have any. Contact me with the following details via my
email address. (info.alexcleveland@gmail.com)
Full Name:
Direct Phone Number
Country of Origin
Best regards
Mr. Alex Rodriquez
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