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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 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 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.
- andersonsmith720@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Anderson Smith <andersonsmith271@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mr Anderson Smith <andersonsmith720@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 19:12:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear!!!
Dear beloved
My name is Anderson Smith a financial adviser of late president of libya under International Business Group base in South Africa, My late Client has a deposit of Ten Million One Hundred Thousand United, States Dollars deposited in one of the leading financial firms here in South Africa. None of the relatives knows about this deposit as the deposit was made in high confidence. All documents associated with this fund are with me as his financial adviser in South Africa
I am requesting to work with you in confidence to get the above sum release to your name as a foreign beneficiary as his country is making attempt to recover the billions he kept to other countries of the world attaching much importance to the tune of ten billion south African rands he kept in south Africa during his regime.
The fund here in South Africa and may be found and be among the fund that will be sent back by the South African government if conclusion is reached between the two countries to return the ten billion rands.
I will apply for the release of the fund with your name as the beneficiary upon confirmation of your full names, address and telephone contact details. Kindly send the above details through this email address for more details:
( andersonsmith720@gmail.com )
You will have 30% of the total sum, 5% will be set aside for expenses while 65% will be for me
I stop so far until I hear from you.
Thanks
Mr Anderson Smith.
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