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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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 next of kin scam.
- 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.
- clementinaaddams@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: clementina addams <adamsclement0001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: clementinaaddams@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 13:14:47 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir please contact me with my private email address clementinaaddams@yahoo.com
Dear Sir please contact me with my private email address
clementinaaddams@yahoo.com I am constrained to contact you because of the
maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take
away all my late father’s treasury and properties from me since the
unexpected death of my beloved Father because my mother died during child
birth and I was left alone with my step mother to take care of me.
Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Europe, but she hide away my traveling
documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father’s File which
contained important documents like will and deposit certificate of my
Father’s fund which bears my name as the next of kin to inherit the money
in his bank account. Now I am presently staying in the Church Mission Camp
here in Ivory Coast. I am seeking for long term relationship and investment
assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 11.5
Million in Bank Of Africa here in the country with my name as the next of
kin.
I have contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told
me that my late father place an instruction on the deposited fund that I
must present a foreign trustee who will help me in investment of the
fund.However, the manager advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on
my behalf for the transfer of the fund. I wanted to inform my stepmother
about this deposit but I am afraid that she will not offer me anything
after the release of the money because she threaten to kill me.Therefore, I
decide to seek for your help in transferring the money into your bank
account while I will relocate to your country and settle down with you. As
you indicate your interest to help me I will give you the account number
and the contact of the bank where my late beloved father deposited the
money with my name as the next of kin.
You will also be responsible for the investment and management of the fund
for me and also you will help me get a good school where i will further my
education.I agreed to give you 40% of the 11.5Million once the transfer is
done. this is my true life story, I will be glad to receive your respond
soonest for more details to enable us start and champion the transfer less
than 14 bank working days as told me by the bank manager.
Yours sincerely
Ms clementina addams
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