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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
- 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.
- liliangube.std.bank@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: =?UTF-8?B?RW5nci4gRGFuaWVsICBCYWxveWk=?= <engrdaniel.baloyi@mail.ru>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:16:14 +0400
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?MjAxNCBGaW5hbmNpYWwgQnJlYWt0aHJvdWdoICEgICA=?=
Dear Sir/Madam,
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I am Miss Lillian Ngube from South Africa; I work with Standard Bank here in South Africa as an account supervisor. My purpose of writing you this email is to present you as nest of kin to my late client and claim his deposited fund of 8.5 Million United State dollars? My Bank Directors called me recently to get hold of him as his personal account officer when he was in South Africa. Sadly, The Embassy of his country (Ukraine) in South Africa told me last week that my Client Mr. Floyd Wool was among the death victims in the May 26 2009 Earthquake disaster in Jawa, Indonesia that killed over 5,000 people. He was in Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his end.
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I want to present you as his next of kin to claim the money; I have all the documents that will be change to your name as his next of kin. I was given only 21 working days to get hold of him or his next of kin. I will give you 40% of the total money once the transaction is done. The business is risk free; I have all the documents of the account and also working with the Bank as account supervisor. Please do treat this information as TOP SECRET. We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent response.
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 Reply to my private Email: liliangube.std.bank@gmail.com   or you can call me on my private No: +27612851062
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Anticipating your communication.
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Regards
Miss Lillian Ngube
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