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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: Ange kouadio <angekouadio32@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ange kouadio <hariakoini@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 03:10:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Please Do not Ignore This Message Save Your Life
Hello,
I am a spiritualist originated from Cote d’ivoire. I have sent this same message to you but it seems you did not receive it.
A man and a lady came to me and told me to prepare voodoo that will harm you and all your family but I couldn’t do it due to your good heart and I do practice white spirit not black spirit. The reasons they gave me to harm you is stupid and baseless and I warned them not to come to me for such thing again.
You should seek for protection from any spiritualist you know because right now I am 100% sure that they are making arrangement with another spiritualist to get voodoo to harm you.
I do not wish to get involve on this because of my engagements but in the event you need advice do contacts a very powerful spiritualist or you can contact me so that I can introduce you to a good spiritualist in your country.
Ange Kouadio  a.k.a  “Hariakoâ€
The Great of Ogwuta Kingdom
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