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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.
- 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.
- markjosephcarney@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- nobody will discover my communication with you. markjosephcarney@gmail.com markjosephcarney@yahoo.co.uk (Gmail, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- markjosephcarney@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: G20's Board <g20sboardpanel@live.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 18:17:24 +0000
Subject: Receive Your Funds Now
Listen. Do not try to send your money to anybody in Africa again. They are crooks. These corrupt bank officials in Africa diverted your funds to a commercial bank/account here in UK. The transfer was made illegally. Bank of England detected it and hijacked the funds. Bank of England is Central Bank of UK. We made investigations and observed you are rightful beneficiary of the funds. When we asked, they told us you died many years ago and do have not discovered your relations to claim your funds. So they decided to transfer the funds to foreign account in UK for safety until they find your relations to claim the funds. Total lies.
Board of Directors of Bank of England decided the funds to be returned to Africa. But I personally do not want the funds to be returned to Africa again. They will divert the funds again if the funds are returned to Africa and then share your funds without your knowledge.
Provide your bank account. The funds will be transferred to you as soon as I receive your bank account and the funds will enter your bank account within 48/72 hours. Act fast !!! Bank of England is planning to do Audit. I want the funds to reach your bank account in a hurry. Otherwise the auditors will discover the funds during auditing and the funds will be confiscated.
I created this unofficial e-mail account to use it to write to you. I do not want officials of Bank of England to realize I communicate to you. I deceived the Board of Directors. I told them the funds have been returned to Africa. Webmasters of Bank of England monitor all communications that pass through www.bankofengland.co.uk. This is why I do not want to use my official e-mail account to write to you so that nobody will discover my communication with you.
markjosephcarney@gmail.com
markjosephcarney@yahoo.co.uk
markjosephcarney@hotmail.co.uk
These three e-mail account are highly protected. I want you to be contacting me only through these three e-mail accounts. Supply your bank account without delay.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Joseph Carney
Governor of Bank of England
Chairman of G20's Financial Stability Board
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