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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- This email message is a orphan scam.
- 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.
- sandra_mojoh5000@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: <sandra_mojoh5000@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mojohsandra@yhoo.com
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 18:31:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Sandra Mojoh
From Sandra Mojoh
P/S mail:sandra_mojoh5000@yahoo.co.jp
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I am Sandra Mojoh the only child of late Mr and Mrs Fredrick Mojoh. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their outing to discus on a business deal.
When my mother died my father took me special because i was his only child and motherless.
Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan.He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $8.500.000 left in a suspense account in a prime Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only child as the next of kin in deposit of the fund. He
also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the business they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I
will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose,(such as real estate management).
I honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
(1).To serve as the guardian of this fund since I did not have any idea of any bussiness.
(2.)To assist me provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.
(3.)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue my education
since my late father has adviced me to leave the country.
I am willing to offer you 15% of the sum a compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account overseas. Anticipating to hear from you soon.
P/S mail:sandra_mojoh5000@yahoo.co.jp
Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards.
Sandra Mojoh
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