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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "transfer into your account" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Naike Naebube <m.naikenaebube@chaiyo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:25:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Directly To You As Reviewed
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Can
you or your friend provide an empty account that can receive (18,500, 000, 00
united state dollar) in your country without any problem? Please confirm with me
so you can provide it and receive the above mentioned fund. For your kind
information, the above mentioned fund was discovered in a dormant account of a
deceased customer during our last month annual audit report.
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if
your interested and capable for such transactional deal, indicate your
genuineness and willingness by providing me your full information as listed
below for self assurance of whom I am trusting so I can send you a simple note
to send to the bank so the bank can tell you if there are some obligations that
need to be done before the fund can be processed for transfer into your account:
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Your
full name……………………………….
Country………………………………………..
Residential address……………………………………
Mobile
phone number………………………………………
Fax
number…………………………………..
Present occupation…………………………………………………..
Age……………………………………………………………….
Marital status………………………………………………….
A copy
of photograph…………………………………………………..
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For
more clarification, you are free to telephone me on +22678784625.
Sincerely
Mr.
Naike Naebube. Â
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