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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.
- mrsongli_034@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr song li" <info@mail.com.hk>
Reply-To: mrsongli_034@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 03:57:39 -0300
Subject: Prospective Partner,
Geachte toekomstige partner,
Hoewel u misschien wel ongerust over mijn e-mail zoals wij hebben niet
voldaan aanvoordat; Ik schrijf u namens de heer Chen Shui-bian. Mijn naam is
De heer Song Lile en ik ben een top management executive hier op de Hang Seng
Bank van Hong Kong.
Jouw rol zal zijn om:
[1]. Fungeren als de oorspronkelijke begunstigde van de funds.By te bellen
naar de bank om te vertellen
hen bent u de begunstigde.
[2]. De middelen ontvangen in een zakelijk / prive bankrekening.
[3]. Ik zal veranderen het document naar uw naam.
[4]. Waarde van de fondsen: $ 19,5 miljoen US Dollars.
De heer Chen Shui-bian van de huidige profielen bezoek deze site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8250099.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8233342.stm
Je kunt me mailen op mrsongli_034@yahoo.com.hk voor verdere details,
Met vriendelijke groet,
De heer Song Li.
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