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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: "MR JIM CHUBA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <foreigncontrasallowpaymen@live.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 03:05:50 -0700
Subject: PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH US FASTER TODAY.
FROM MR JIM CHUBA
DIRECTOR OF PAYMENT
FOREIGN CONTRACTORS ALLOWANCE PAYMENT
MOTTO: PAYMENT WITH GOOD FAITH
ATTN BENEFICIARY,
THERE ARE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO CAME TO OUR OFFICE THIS MORNING CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CONTRACTORS OF ALLOWANCE PAYMENT ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED YOUR ACCOUNTING INFORMATION WHERE YOU WANT YOUR ALLOWANCE PAYMENT OF($10.5 MUSD ONLY) FOR PERSONAL REASONS, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO INFORM YOU BEFORE WE GO AHEAD TO MAKE THIS TRANSFER BECAUSE THIS DEPARTMENT WAS JUST SET UP NEWLY FOR THE PAYMENT OF FOREIGN CONTRACTORS ALLOWANCE AND WE WILL BE CLOSING WITHIN 4 DAYS, SO WE REALLY WANT TO FINALIZE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE THE 4 WORKING DAYS OF THIS ALLOWANCE PAYMENT.
PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH US FASTER TODAY.
YOURS FAITHFULLY
MR JIM CHUBA
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