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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: "MADAM REBECCA GARANG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rebgarang@email.ua>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:01:45 +0800
Subject: TO INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY
Good-day,
I am Rebecca Garang the wife of a late Military General an erstwhile top-ranking member of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in Southern Sudan.
My Late Husband Dr. John Garang died in a helicopter crash just three weeks after he had been inaugurated as Sudan 's vice-president, whose organization had engaged the Sudanese government in a protracted civil war for over 22 years of fighting.
More news on my late husband death on the link below:
http://www.newstatesman.com/200508080014.
I am therefore contacting you to assist me in channeling US$10.5MillionDollars belonging to my late husband into a productive investment ventures instead of war.
I look to make this investment discreetly under discretionary asset management arrangement. I have contacted you on the consideration that you can assist me and work out the possibility of channeling this fund into a profitable venture; either in your existing establishment or other venture to be undertaken at your discretion under terms to be agreed upon.
I therefore prefer that this investment be made in your country whilst I shall compensate you with 27% of the total fund for your sincere assistance. I shall be expecting your response in order to furnish with details of the funds.
All replies in response of this mail shall be directed to my private email address:
Yours truly,
MRS.REBECCA GARANG
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