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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: A David Conte <adconte2@msn.com>
Reply-To: <adconte@live.fr>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:17:34 +0000
Subject: Assistance need
My Name Is Mr.David Abdul Conte
This Message Might Meet You In Utmost Surprise. However, It's Just My Urgent Need For Foreign Partner That Made Me To Contact You For This Transaction. Am Son Of Late President Lansana Conte, Of Guinea Conakry I Got Your Contact When I Was Searching For An Overseas Partner To Assist It when My Father Was Deid General Lansana Conte who just Suffiring a serirs of ailment such as diabetes leukeama etc
I was Advised to seach of a realble parson to assist me before this fund will get conscated by the The Present Military Goverment who Seized Power thougth a bloodness Militant coup d'eta led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara
As The Present President Moussa Dadis Camara have plead Embago in All My Late Father Properties During the Speech on 27 Decmber 2008 who made us to live Guinea Conakry after the Burial of my father on 26 Decmber 2008 to Burkina Faso
A Total Sum Of Twenty Five Million Four Hundred Thounsand U.S. Dollars ($25.4 Million)Deposited By My Late Father In One Bank In Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso, Which I Need Your Assisatnce To Claim Before The New Present President Moussa Dadis Camara Will Know About This .
I Have All The Vital Documents Thet Cover The Deposited Money Which On Request Will Be Send To You.
For Your Assistance And Cooperation, We Has Deceded To Give You 25% From The Proceeds And 10% Mapped Out For Miscellaneous Expenses That May Incur During The Process Of Tranferring The Money To Your Country Or Any Of Your Monitated Countries Or accounts
Further Details Of The Transfer Will Be Forwarded To You As Soon As I Receive Your Retun Mail
Mr. David Abdul Conte
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