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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- roselinen777@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: ROSELINE NZETE <roselnnzt@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:08:08 +0000
Subject: Re: Hello dear; Happy New Year !!!.
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*Hello dear,*
*Apart from being surprised you may be skeptical to reply to me based on
what is happening around the world on the internet. I am MS. ROSELINE
NZETE. I am a banker, from Côte d'Ivoire in the west Africa region. I
stopped at your profile and will love to know more about you, I have a
business transaction Award Contract Project Overdraft Payment left in a
Suspense Account here in our bank Custody for many years without claim by
anybody as the Owner or as One of the Foreign Investors or Contractors the
contract work was awarded to them by my country Government here in the year
2010. *
*It is a complete 100% total Risk Free which I want us to discuss more
about in one accord to know how we can proceed for our own mutual benefit
without encountering any form of trouble before or after the transaction. I
want us to discuss the business in one accord and see how we can go about
it for our own success and mutual benefit at the end. I wait for your reply
to furnish you with more detailed procedures about the project. You can
reply to me with this Email ID (( roselinen777@gmail.com
<roselinen777@gmail.com> )). Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.*
*Regards,*
*Roseline.*
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