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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "trunk boxes" (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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Fraud email example:
From: Goodluck <unemabssy@aol.com>
Reply-To: goodlucko@live.com
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:32:10 +0100
Subject: REPLY
Good Day.
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, My name is
Ochukome Goodluck, with pain in my heart i write you for your assistance.
My family and myself we were sleeping in the house and i had a noise when i
wake
up i find out that it was fire break in the house and my father and mother was
burn to death, also i was affected by the fire and i was taking to hospital for
treatment over a year now.
After i recovered from the incident my family Barrister Mr.Igho Akpo
came to me with the official staff of my father company to pay my father his
due
fund compensation payment and also inform me of my father access with Tema Oil
Refinery Ghana Limited and with 3 trunk boxes of consignment containing
Alluvial
Gold.
It is in this regard i contacted you to invest the funds in your country.
I believe i can deal with you in confidence hoping that together we can
transfer these funds successfully so that this funds can be invested.
if you are interested or willing to partnership with me, kindly get back to me
so that i will furnish you with all the necessary details
Please treat with Strict Confidence.
Best Regard,
Fernandez.A Goodluck
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