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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "% will be for you" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "ivankojie99@op.pl" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: "Ivan Kojie" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 16:32:36 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED !!!
Please permit me to introduce myself to you.I am Ivan Kojie an
accounting officer with one of the prime banks here in West Africa and
by reason of my position and in collaboration with some of my
colleagues here in our bank are privileged to a sum of FORTY-EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS($48,000,000.00) lying idle here for the past seven
years and we have useful information that the owner of the funds have
since died and ever since nobody has come forth as a beneficiary or
next-of-kin to the late customer.
Flowing from the above i and my colleagues decided to look for someone
in your country who we can present as the next-of-kin to the late
customer.If we do have your consent within the next seven(7) working
days we shall have the funds transferred to your nominated bank
account anywhere in the world,whereupon one of our representative
shall meet with you and have our share of the fund where we hope to
invest part of our money in.
We have decided that the sharing formula shall be 15% will be for you
while 80% will be for my colleagues and myself and the remaining 5%
will be for any expenses incurred locally or internationally.Please be
rest assured that this deal is 100% foolproof as all modalities have
been worked out for the smooth transfer of the funds to you.I also
want you to keep this very confidential and not to be disclosed to
anyone as we are still in active service and do not want to loose our
jobs.
If we get your nod i shall give you further details.Thus we expect you
to furnish us with the following information viz:
1.YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS
2.TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS
3.DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS
4.PROOF OF IDENTITY
I shall be looking forward to doing this transaction with you.Be rest
assured of our warm regards,
Yours Truly,
Ivan Kojie
TEL:+234-9026144850
Alternative e-mail add:ivankojie99@op.pl
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