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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: "Dr Patrick Kodjo" <patrickkodjo@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: roydukiya@live.fr
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:00:19 -0100
Subject: YOUR FUNDS HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO ATM CARD
For Your Attention,
Finally,your unpaid funds $1,000.000.00 has been uploaded unto an ATM
Card.The Standard Trust Bank's brokers that were indebted to the Cash
Award disbursement Committee,had to undertake the payment via card
system.It is important therefore to contact Mr Roy Dukiya to receive the
card without delay.
You can contact him now through his email below.His name is
Roy Dukiya and his email: ( roydukiya@live.fr ) .
when you write to him state the following to indicate to him you are the
owner of the ATM Card:
Your Full Names.............................................
Your Address...................................................
Occupation..................................................
Age/sex............................
Marital status....................
Mobile Telephone.............................................
Regards
Dr. Patrick Kodjo
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