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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 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.
- globalmaxcomp2@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Ajar Sunny (ESQ" <ojaiksk@peoplepc.com>
Reply-To: "Ajar Sunny (ESQ" <globalmaxcomp2@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:44:21 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY FOR YOUR PACKAGE BOX
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have been waiting to hear from you to contact us for your bank draft of $2Million but i did not hear from you so ECOBANK Benin and i ask them to cash the draft to avoid it expire. So i told him to cash ($2,000,000.00) to avoid loosen the draft so all the necessary arrangement of delivering the ($2,000,000.00) in cash was made with GLOBAL MAX COMPANY. This IS the information they need to delivery your package to you.
Here is there contact information as below.
ATTN: ====MR.FELIX EBE.
Tell: ====+229-975-15-176
EMAIL=== (globalmaxcomp2@sify.com)
Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you.
1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS:
3. YOUR COUNTRY:
4. YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:
5. YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE:
6. A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE:
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid mistake on the delivery. I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on the delivering including with your ID or Picture. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive the package box contains $2 MILLION. Note The GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY doesn’t know the contents of the Box. I registered it as Box of Africa cloths. They don't know it contents $2.MILLION.this is to avoid them to delay your package so don't let them know that is money that is in package Box.
Thanks & God bless you and your family.
(Ajar Sunny (ESQ)
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