419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348152940111

Fraud email example:

From: "MR KEN AMA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officss@e-mail.ua>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:11:02 -0500
Subject: =?utf-8?B?U3BhbSAtLSBTdGVudW0yIC0tU3BhbSAtLSBTdGVudW0g?=
=?utf-8?B?LS0gQVRURU5USU9OIE5FRURFRCBVUkdFTlRMWSw=?=

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ATTENTION NEEDED URGENTLY,

You are hereby notified that i have received your email and it contents, Meanwhile we  want you to come and witness your payment release, we want you to come and receive your fund in person for you to know that we are not joking and for you to confirm that this is real. Since the IMF always stop your transfer and Home Land Security always Intercept your ATM Delivery, payment is now going to be paid to you in person. So below is the countries where you can go and receive your fund in person.

GHANA here in west Africa( we shall give you visa)
NIGERIA here in west Africa( We shall give you visa)
Canada there in America
London
Spain
India
South Africa
Malaysia
Indonesia
Germany
France


kindly re-confirm the following information below: 
 
1) Your full Name and Address:
2) Phones, Fax and Mobile No. : 
3) Profession, Age and Marital Status:  
4) Copy of any valid form of your Identification:

So reply immediately and notify us which country you will be traveling to This week to receive your fund in person and confirm that all this whole matter is TRUTH. I await your immediate reply.

 
CALL ME IF YOU NEED FURTHER DETAILS TELEPHONE: +234 8152940111
 
In God we trust. 

Thanks for adhering to this instruction
 
Yours faithfully.
DR KEN AMA.
DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT

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