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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: admin@star.bg
Reply-To: a1848135@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 05:52:46 +0800
Subject: ANOTHER PEPSI EMAIL PROMO!
My name is Mr. Changaz Abdeel, writing you from the United Kingdom. My purpose of writing is to ask your cooperation in business transaction involving 25Million U.S Dollars . Please keep this piece of information a secret.
I am an oil broker and recently I was contacted by some officials from the oil rich country to look for a capable person who can be presented as figure head for movement of this money through a much legalized means of transfer. You will get 30% of the total amount after your successful cooperation. These are top government officials who do not want their identity revealed. The money is proceeds of an oil deal fully secured and ready to be transferred.
Should you be interested, I will link the email of one of the officials for you to have direct contact with him. His name is Dr. Jamel Hassan. Tell him you were referred to him by Mr. Changaz Abdeel. Also notify me of your reply to him. Your satisfaction is fully guaranteed in this business venture.
Regards,
Mr. Changaz Abdeel.
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