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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: "Robert gingras" <office1@suncor.com>
Reply-To: robertgiingras646@gmail.com
Date: 14 Nov 2022 14:06:13 -0800
Subject: RE: BUSINESS DEAL
Hello Sir/Madam
Good day. An executive director with an international Company,
who is a client of mine has informed me he is privy to contracts
amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Based on this
privileged information he has agreed to assign this over invoiced
funds to any individual or company that applies as the
contractor/beneficiary, with a good understanding that when the
funds are released to you, that both parties will share the
funds. If you agree to work with my client on this privileged
info, I will be needing your consent to present you or your
company as the beneficiary of one of the over invoiced contract
funds of $39 million.
I will inform you in detail what is required of you and how we
are to achieve this within the confines of the law as stipulated
by my client as soon as you reach me on my email. The modalities
for sharing as suggested by my client which is still subject to
deliberation and agreement between the parties as will be
mutually decided is 60% for him and 40% for you.
All relevant documents to back up your claim as beneficiary will
be provided to you . All that is required is your honest
cooperation and participation to enable us to see this
transaction through.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Robert gingras
Sincerely
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