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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "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)
- 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.
- reverndjohndada77@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Lilian Frank <lilianfrank75@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 09:38:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: this is my full life storys i need your assistance.IS +221767545166 .
Hello My
are
you today together with your haelth which is the most important thing to
me and your night hope fine.?.
Mine is a little bit hot over here in
Dakar Senegal.
In this camp we are only allowed to go out only on
mondays and fridays of the weeks.
Its just like one staying in the
prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon.
i
don't have any relatives now whom i can go to all my relatives ran away
in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Pastor .john
dada who is the pastor of the (Christ for all Churches) here in the
camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living
with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the camp
have two hostels one for men the other for women.
The
Pastors Tel number is 00221767545166 and all so there are the email of pactor (reverndjohndada77@yahoo.com) i will like you to call me if
you call tell Pastor.john dada that you want
to speak with me he will
send for me in the hostel.
As a refugee here i don't have any right
or privilledge to any thing be it money or whatever because it is
against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because
i only attended my first year before the traggic incident that lead to
my being in this situation now took place.
Please listen to this,i
have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here
with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he
deposited some amount of money in one of leading bank which he used my
name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $6.7 Million dollars,
So
i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from
it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and
air ticket to come over to meet with you.I kept this secret to people
in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Revrend
because he is like a father to me.
So in the light of above i will
like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am
afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.
Remember
i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you.
I
like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,truth
and hardworking.
My favourite language is english but our language
is french but i speak english very fluently.Meanwhile i will like you to
call me like i said i have alot to tell you.
Have a nice day and
think about me.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest.
Yours in love.
Lilian.
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