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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.
- +447045776872 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
Fraud email example:
From: "Ms. Elina Nault" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <naultelina.unorg@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:43:24 +0200
Subject: YOUR TIME HAS COME FINALLY
Contact Person: Ms. Elina Nault
United Nations org, under ACH & payment
Tel: +447045776872
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/
ATTN: Beneficiary :
This is to inform you that United Nations Organization with her membership countries in affiliation with Ms. Elina Nault has agreed to pay 750,000.00 Pounds Sterling (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling) compensation fund in your favour for all the money you lost to bad people in the past trying to receive money presented to you by them which does not exist any where but you fell victim to them because you needed this money to carry out some of your needs.
This include every foreign contractor that may have not received their contract sum and people that have had unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems thereby falling as victim to FRAUD STARS/SCAMMERS.
Our Monitoring Team of United Nations Security Council submitted your name; this is why we are contacting you. This has been agreed upon and signed that you must receive a compensation from us to help you come back to business for those that have lost everything they had.
You are advised to contact Ms. Elina Nault for your Wire Transfer. Due to the epidemic parading the globe (fraud stars/scammers), we decide to issue these fund through Wire Transfer, which is the easiest way of transfer to any bank of your choice or through diplomatic means.
Contact Person: Ms. Elina Nault
United Nations Org, under ACH & payment
Tel: +447045776872
Making the world a better place.
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/
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