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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: "ikobo inc" <info@ikobo.com>
Reply-To: ikobo22@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:06:25 -0500
Subject: IKB/NG/M2F09
Our Ref: IKB/NG/M2F09
Your Ref:
iKobo is a company that specializes in money transfer. With them, you can
send money to any country with your Visa or MasterCard. The recipient
receives the transfer to get a secured card Visa debit card that can be
used worldwide at ATM locations for cash withdrawals. This debit card,
which is reusable, is sent to the recipient.
As part of our expansion and promotional package for fiscal 2011, we are
pleased to inform you that your email was selected to receive a grant
amount this year the sum of $ 4.8 million U.S. dollars. such funds would
be available to you through an iKobo Visa card.
Concluded plans to deliver this letter to you as soon as possible. Your
code delivery is R39-C5.
You are sending us the following details:
FULL NAME:
Delivery address:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
STATUS:
SEX:
AGE:
Also note that you will be given a tracking number so you can monitor and
track the status of your delivery.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Copyright © 2001-2011 iKobo Inc.
https://www.ikobo.com
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