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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: "MRS ELLA JOSHAU" <ella22joshua@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ellajoshua64@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 20:34:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: REQUEST FROM MRS JOSHAU'S WIFE,
REQUEST FROM JOSHAU'S WIFE,MRS ELLA WRITING FROM HOSPITAL,THESE IS ELLA THE WIFE
OF JOSHUA. I AM WRITING THESE MESSAGE TO YOU BECAUSE MY HUSBAND JOSHUA PASSED
AWAY.MY LATE HUSBAND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER
AND HEART ATTACK JUST BEFORE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
HE DID BEGIN TREATMENT,BUT SUFFERED A BLOOD CLOT AND HEART ATTACK AFTER HIS
FIRST TREATMENT.AFTER ALL THE EFFORT HE DIED ON THE SAME SICKNESS.ALL I PRAY IS
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE.
AS A FELLOW FAITHFUL PERSON LIKE YOU IT IS MY DESIRE AND ENTHUSIASM TO
DONATE A TOKEN/HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY HE TOLD ABOUT FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGE AS HE
INSTRUCTED ME WHEN HE WAS AT THE POINT OF DEATH.BEING A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN FAMILY
I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO USE THIS AMOUNT( £19.4000.000)NINTHEN
MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS TO HELP THOSE THAT IS IN NEED.
I WOULD LIKE YOU THINK OVER THESE HUGE PRIVILEGE THAT I AM ENTRUSTING TO YOUR
HAND FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE CASUALTIES AND HOMELESS JUST SEND ME YOUR FULL
NAMEs,HOME ADDRESS;TELEPHONE NUMBER.OCCUPATION AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU
LIKE PHOTOGRAPH IN YOUR NEXT MESSAGE FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD IN YOUR COUNTRY AND
FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGE ONE'S
FINALLY, I KNOW YOU JOIN ME AND THE REST OF JOSHAU'S FAMILY IN OUR
SORROW AND ASK GOD TO ACCEPT HIM IN HIS KINGDOM.KINDLY REPLY IMMEDIATELY
TOGETHER WITH YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE
MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY;RPLY FOR MORE DETAILS;
BEST REGARDS
MRS ELLA JOSHAU
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