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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: "Prof.Gilmar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gilmar.traore@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:13:38 +0200
Subject: Hi Friend
Please my sincere apology if this message does not meet your personal quirks, I am contacting you because someone I presumed to be your relative because you are both from the same country and most importantly because of the similarities in your surnames who was an investor with our bank but died on Tuesday August 16, 2005 in a plane crash in Venezuela has come to the limelight in our bank because since 2005 that he died his portfolio and investment worth £9.8Millions has not been touched because no name next-of-kin is in his bio-data form. If you are familiar with Investment Banking affairs those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity with some levels of detachment from conventional processes as they operates their accounts with numbers, pin and codes because they are mostly high net politicians, celebrities and high class society figures. If no one claims this money the bank will revert it into its treasury as unclaimed or abandoned monies. I came to you because
of the similarities in your surn
Thank You
Yours Sincerely
Professor Gilmar B. Traore
Chief Accountant/Investment Banking
Bridge Bank CI
http://www.bridgebankgroup.com
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