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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- 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.
- mr.emmanuelkone77@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "mr.emmanuel kone" <mr.emmanuelkone77@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:57:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VERY URGENT ATTENTION
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Dear friend My name is
(mr Emmanuel Kone, I am the Auditing and Accountng Manager with
the Bank of Africa (B.O.A) here IN Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.In my department i
discovered an abandoned sum of( US$10.5M DOLLARS)TEN. FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLAS
)
in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire
family.
The deceased was unable
to run this account since his death. There is no person that is coming for the
money that is why i am contacting you to stand for the claim of the money into
your bank account. i need your help to assist me take the money away from the
bank which means that you are going to act as the next of kin as his cousin that
is alive to make the claim. And after then we shall share in ratio of 40% for
you and 60% for me ,
Should you be interested please
contact me urgently through my email(mr.emmanuelkone77@gmail.com) so that we can commence all
arrangements and I Will give you more information on how we would handle this
project successfully and also you will abide to my instructions.Please treat
this business with almost confidentiality and send me the Following
information.
(1.)Your full
name...........
(2)Your
address...................
(3)Your
country...............................
(4) Your
age...........................................
(5)Your
occupation......................................
(6)Your Private Phone
number.......................................
I will send you the details of this
transaction as soon as i hear from you. Thanks, Hoping to hear from you
immediatelly with your contact information.
Thanks
Emmanuel kone
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