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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.
- 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.
- agnesgills111@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Agnes Gills" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agnesgills111@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:50:37 -0700
Subject: Treat,confidential and urgent.
Dear Sir,
I am Mrs.Agnes Gills,I work with the UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC,I wish to place your name as the beneficiary to Thirty Million Eight Hundred Thousand dollars($30.800.000) only due to the death of the depositor I was an account officer to over the years.
I assure you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect BOTH OF US from any breach of the law both in your country and here once the fund is transferred to your bank account.
The fund I am referring to is right here in this bank(UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC) floating in a suspense account.Therefore I solicit for your cooperation with me to have this fund claimed as the beneficiary.
It will be transferred into an account you will provide any where in the world.I will need you to provide the following information urgently to enable the attorney start the processing of all the relevant legal documents for the fund remittance to you.
1) Name:
2) Address:
3) Tel:
4) Age:
5) Sex:
6) Occupation Status:
Waiting for your reply soon.You can also contact me through my private email address: agnesgills111@yahoo.com
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Agnes Gills.
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