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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: Ned Micheal <ellemaye17@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Nedmch@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:13:44 +0300
Subject: Hello
Hello
I am very sorry to invade your privacy, But i do not have any other
option than to seek for a competent person that can help out. This is
between I and you. I am Sergeant Michael Ned, and I am a member of
NATO-ISAF Task Force and Provincial Reconstruction Troops in Southern
Afghanistan.
I am a US Army here in Southern Afghanistan. I have One Million Euros
in my possession. which I got from one of our raids in one of the
terrorist attack bombers abode here in (KABUL). WE DID NOT PART WITH
THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THENECESSARY AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR
IT. So I deposited this money with a Red Cross Agent informing him
that I am making contact for the real owner of the money and it is
under my power to approve whoever comes forth for the money.
I want to invest the money in a good business as soon as my service
here ends. Anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business
person. I am solely interested in making a life for my two daughters
and therefore I shall require the service of a person who is
trustworthy and sincere and I am going to make you the beneficiary of
the money and allowing you to invest for my Kids in case anything
happens to me here. I am an American and an intelligence officer, so I
have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through
diplomatic courie service. I just need your acceptance and all is
done.
Where we are now we can only communicate through our military
communication facilities that are secured so nobody can monitor our
emails, then I can explain in details to you.
Thanks
Sergeant Michael Ned
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