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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: "CBN Foreign Debts Reconciliation Payment Operation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <princejyoung@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:23:58 -0800
Subject: Greetings: Sir/Madam
Dear: Beneficiary,
My name is Prince J.Young, in CBN Foreign Debts Reconciliation Payment Operation hereby
directed by "International Foreign Monitoring Debts Payment Funds" to inform you that they
have Resolved your payment file and Agreed to release USD7.11Million for your outstanding
payment by SWIFT wire transfer into your Family cousin (Mrs Juilie) Egypt bank account
with full compliance to the directives authorization you pass to her to receive your debts
funds on your behalf for her Two Children's future life care due to high bad
condition problem you are facing at morement which instruction approval has giving to
validate the release of the USD7.11Million direct to your Family cousin bank account in
Egypt.
The PAYMENT BOARDS, therefore want you to confirm immediately if you (Mrs Juilie) Family
cousin to forward her Egypt bank account for release of your approved USD7.11Million to
remit the funds to her without any delays and sorry for your bad health condition attached
copy is her picture with her two Childrens.
Yours faithfully,
Prince J. Young.
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