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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.Samson Ufor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsamsonufor888@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 12:06:11 +0100
Subject: Can We Work Together?
Good day to you as I write from South Africa, am the personal
financial/investment consultant to the former first lady of Zimbabwe Mrs.
Grace Mugabe.
My client had approached me with a mandate to seek for an individual
or corporate entity, that can help her channel funds into profitable
investments outside Africa where these funds could exist outside her
country and without her name involve.
You may be wondering why she wants to keep every part of this a secret
well visit the link below:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/14/tanks-seen-heading-towards-zimbabwe-capital-harare/
http://www.dw.com/en/zimbabwe-ex-president-robert-mugabes-stolen-fortune/a-41504122
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/25/robert-mugabe-payoff-family-immunity-zimbabwe-zanu-pf
Should this be of interest to you, kindly respond with your CV and/or
personal profile so we can discuss further.
Best Wishes
Mr.Samson Ufor
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