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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- dorris324u@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Miss Dorris Kabila" <dorris.kabila@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dorris324u@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:08:58 +0100
Subject: I Need Your Help.
Hello Dear.
I am Dorris Izekor, i am 30years old from Congo, I am Daughter of Mrs Joseph Kabila.. I seek your permision to remmit this amount and transfer out of my country and move it into your country and help me open a fresh new account in my name and put this money there so that I could come to your country for investment and to further my studies, I received a deposit notification of 5.5 million USD from the Security Finance Company which was made by my mother, before she died in oct 2008 which was left in a pending account in a bank here in my country. I have accepted to offer you a resonable percentage of the total sum for your desire to assist me. here is the security finance company contact address please i want you to help me contact them and ask them about to transfer my late Father Joseph Kabila money into your country.. they will inform you more detail.
also you can get through to speak with me through this telephone number I will like to speak with you and give you more information about this money and how we can transfer it to your country I will want us to take our time to work on this no rush and we get to know eachother.every weekend i have the chance to go out of the camp to communicate with you whish is saturday and sunday. please reply me back and i hope to get back to you soon.
Write Me Back Through This Email : dorris324u@yahoo.com
Best Regards,
Dorris
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