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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 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.
- dmo_ng@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Foreign office <edokachristiana@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dmo_ng@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:03:30 +0100
Subject: Yearly investment bonus.
Dear Sir,
I am the director Debt Management Office of Nigeria. My office
monitors and controls the internal and external debt of Nigeria. We
recommend for the final payment to any transfer or remittance of huge
funds moving within banks both on the local and international levels
in line with the country's debt settlements plan. I have funds which
was deliberately deposited in a bank as fixed and had yielded interest
unknown to the Government and for own use.
How what will happen is to position / identified you as the debtor and
account owner. I have the privilege as the Director to instruct the
payment of the accrued interest into your bank account. As it is my
duty to recommend the transfer of these sum into the Foreign Debtors
account. I have decided to contact you hoping to direct the remittance
of the below mention sum following my idea that we can have a deal
/agreement. I am going to do this legally and shall Present you
ostensibly as the beneficiary with no single risk involved if your
confidentiality & cooperation is guaranteed.
My conditions: If you accept kindly / immediately forward the
following info: i. Your Full Name: ii. Current Address: iii. Direct
Phone Numbers: iv Occupations: v. Age: vi. Company if any: vii. Your
full cooperation and confidentiality. Please reply for more details on
this email: dmo_ng@rediffmail.com
Yours faithfully,
Dr J.O.J. Obi
Executive Coordinating Director
Debt Management Office (foreign annex).
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