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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: "MOMBI PAUL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mombipaul21@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:42:13 -0800
Subject: Bonjour
Bonjour
Je m'appelle MOMBI PAUL et je travaille à la BOA
BANK OF AFRICA en
en tant que directeur du département de
crédit et remise internationale. J'ai la souscription d'un des
nos clients expatriés décédés depuis 2008 qui à le meme nom de famille que vous et c'est la raison pour lequel je suis rentrer en contact avec vous afin de vous faire intervenir en tant que partenaire et membre
de la famille de cet monsieur défunt pour revendiqué les fonds .
Tous les détails vous seront donnés une fois que vous
vous aurait donné votre accord .
Je reste optimiste pour recevoir une réponse favorable à ma
proposition de vous informer de la procédure à suivre pour
mener fuite d'informations car mon emploi est en jeux .
En attente de vous lire recevez mes salutations
M. MOMBI PAUL
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