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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: "Mr.Antonio Jacouris" <jacantonis001@videobank.it>
Reply-To: jacantonis@videobank.it
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:05:32 +0100
Subject: CORDIAL INVESTMENT PROPOSAL!!!
Hello Dear,
Permit me to introduce myself properly to you before going into details about
this business proposal which I hope will be beneficial to both. I am Mr.
Antonio Jacouris, a Hedge Fund Broker with a reputable investment company here
in London. I am moved after reading through your short profile on the internet
and decided to seek for your consent and support to carry on this
transaction and hope you will be of assistance to me. It is my
pleasure to seek
for your partnership to execute the transfer of a proportional volume of fund
to your account for investment. This fund which is already dormant have been
floating in the bank for close to four years. The onwer of this account is
Dr.Sarka G.Burke who died in 2002.
I have a plan to invest this fund into pharmaceutical, agricultural or
manufacturing sector in your company (if you have any) or your country through
your advice. You can therefore suggest other investment areas and ideas that
you know very well that can yield good profits. It will be my pleasure to tell
you more about how we can proceed with the processing and procedure of this
transaction when I hear back from you.
NOTE: The process of transferring this money to your account will only take 14
working days from the day we apply for the release and transfer of the
money to
your account from the bank. So there is no time to waste if you are
comfortable
to work with me.
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Yours,
Mr. Antonio Jacouris.
Hedge Fund Broker.
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