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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.
- The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Hussain Mohammed <marketing@interventionservicesinc.com>
Reply-To: huslaw1990@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:52:29 -0700
Subject: EMAIL
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Dear Good friend
I did not sign any agreement with you nor did you sign any agreement
with either my direct client ( Late Brigadier Savimbi) or his friend (
Brigadier Bada Musa) I have been skeptical about sending you this
depository agreement between my client and Wizzit bank as i dont know
your real intentions.
Late savimbi convinced his friend that they should invest in precious
stones which was in their district that was under their control during
the Angola war, these 25 million dollars was a cash payment by De beers
diamond company for raw diamonds they supplied then then in which i
advised him to secure these funds and relocate to your country which was
why they contacted as a dealer.
He complained then before Bada Musa was arrested and sent to Hague
alongside Liberia ex-president and some other comrades for illegal
diamond trade and war crimes.
These funds are now in Wizzit bank with your particulars as the next of
kin which is what Savimbi filled during deposition and we stand a chance
to claim these funds and better our lives that leaving it to the south
African reserve bank to confiscate since kmy client is dead and his
partner is in Hague.
i do not want any official agreement with you, This is a gentlemen
agreement and am ready to share 50/50 with you, i have been here in
exile since and nobody else has knowledge of these funds existence.
All i need you to do is to activate the account with wizzit bank and we
will start moving these funds bits by bits, My situation here is very
bad and i cannot sit and watch these funds go away just like that.
I am not in a position to spend money at all and can even arrange a
diplomatic delivery in your country if you can handle the custom duty
fees in your international airport
Hussain
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