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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: Anthony Acuba <anthony_acuba01@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: anthony.acuba09@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:03:31 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Bonjour,
Bonjour,
je me nomme Anthony Acuba Kone.
Je rentre en contact avec vous pour que nous puis son entreprendre une affaire , mais tout d'abord j'aimerais que vous me dites si vous être intéressé. Il s?agit d'une assistance de grande importance.Moi et ma soeur avons la somme de 8 000 000 de dollars Americains que nous aimerons transférer dans un pays étranger ou nous pourrions allez en exil parce que nous avons perdue nos parents cela faire 1 ans.
Ces fonds se trouve dans des caisse au siens d'une compagnie de sécurité et nous avons besoins de votre accord pour vous donnez le contact de la compagnie de sécurité pour que vous puissez entrez en contact avec eux pour avoir plus informations. NB: Après le transfert de la caisse vous aurez 15% sur la somme total se trouvant dans la caisse.
Je vous donne nos coordonnés Nous attendons votre réponse.
Que Dieu vous bénisse et nous garde.
Anthony Acuba Kone.
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