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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- vraymond2323@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: vraymond23@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:24:18 +0100
Subject: RESPECTFULLY
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Hello,
My name is Raymond Vieira, the first son of the second wife of the
late President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea Bissau who died on March
2 2009.I am 23 years of age, I find myself in a situation that made me
to contact you this way.
Please visit this site:
http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?go=homepage&scope=all&q=death+of+President+Joao+Bernardo+Vieira+of+Guinea+Bissau+&Search=Se
arc
Before the death of my father he told me that he deposited the sum of
$ 12 million USD) in a firm in Europe under private arrangement. I
managed to escape and went to Ghana Accra, where I'm hiding now and my
mother is with me.I want you to stand for me as my trustee to claim
the funds I am my mother are willing to give 30% of moneyto you while
the other 70% is in your account until we find a way to travel and
meet with you to get our share.
If you are interested kindly provide the following information, to
enable the company release the deposit to you as my trustee.
1.Your full names.
2.Telephone / phone numbers of the cell.
3.Your full email address.
4.Occupation.
5.Your ID
Kindly send your reply to my private mail:vraymond2323@yahoo.co.uk
Sincerely,
Raymond Vieira
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