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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: seyrani koncagul <m_seyrani_n@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: seyrani koncagul <m_seyriani_n@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 05:30:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Help Needed
Hello,
How are you doing? I am sorry for reaching you rather too late due to the situation of things right now..I'm stranded in Lviv(Ukraine) and had my bag stolen from me with my passport, mobile phone and personal effects therein. It was a terrible experience for me thank God the embassy has just issued me a temporary passport but I have to pay for a ticket and settle my hotel bills with the Manager before leaving.
I have made contact with my bank but it would take me 3-5 working days to access funds in my account, the bad news is my flight will be leaving very soon and but i am having problems settling the hotel bills. Please let me know if i can count on you i promise to refund the money back as soon as i get back home
Regards
Doç. Dr. Seyrani Koncagül
Harran Üniversitesi
Ziraat Fakültesi
Zootekni Bölümü
Hayvan Yetistirme ve Islah A.D.
Sanliurfa/TÜRKiYE
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seyrani Koncagül
University of Harran
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Animal Science
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Sanliurfa/Turkey
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