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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:
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
- "my names are " (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.
- whitemogan@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "white mogan" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:10:06 +0530
Subject: business test
Hello
i will start by introducing my self my names are Mr white mogan i am a business man living and doing my business in the United Kingdom.
My parents are South Africans nationals who migrated to the U.K in 1920's and i was born in the U.K which makes me a U.K citizen by birth.
My purpose of writing you is to inform you of my interest to do business in your country India my choice of India is because of it's fast growing economy and i believe it is a good place to invest and get a good return on investment.
Presently i dont have a particular area of interest where i intend to invest my money on this is why i am contacting you My friend because you as an indian citizen and a businessman,
you would have a vast knowledge on what investment is good enough to generate good profit in a short period. I am suggesting that we form a partnership because i consider your knowledge of the Indian business environment an impotant success tool to my interest in doing business in your country.
I have mapped out two million five hundred thousand dollars ($ 2.500,000 ) for the investment which i consider to be a sizeable amount to start up an investment.
All i need from you now is your approval to my offer of partnership then we can go into detail on the process of the investment.
i understand that you might be worried about how i got your contact,
you need not worry much on that i got you profile from an online indian business directory and i decided to contact you. Thank you for taking time to read my message and i strongly believe our knowing eachother would be for good. i expect to hear from you
here is my phone number if you like to talk with me on phone 00448713150588 and also my email address whitemogan@yahoo.com
Thanks
Mr white mogan
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