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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:
- "economic financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs Mariam Dansuki" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mariamdansukii@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 05:31:04 -0700
Subject: Good day..
Good day Sir, my name is Mariam Dasuki, wife of Retired Army Officer Sambo Dasuki who is currently in prison under Economic Financial Crime Commission-EFCC for alleged fraud of US2.1 Billion dollars meant for the purchase of arms to combat Islamic extremist otherwise known as BOKO HARAM.
Our case is as a result of family revenge with President Buhari who have now frozen all our local account through EFCC and the president Buhari has swore to personally kill my husband.
I’m writing this email to seek for your help so as to retrieve the amount of One Hundred and Fifty Two Million USD inside the bank.The cash deposit was made in my full name and I have the document of the deposit but do not have any resources to travel out of Nigeria hence I'm soliciting for your economic aid to retrieve money.
Best regards,
Mrs. Mariam Dasuki
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