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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.
- simeon.duala@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "SIMEON DUALA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <simeon.duala@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:12:50 +0400
Subject: 250kg of Gold dust
URGENT ATTENTION REQUIRED
Ref: SALE OF ALL METAL (GOLD DUST 22K 93.2 PURITY).
250kg of Gold dust of good quality ready for export to any reliable person. The condition for sale is that the buyer will come down here were the goods are and do on the spot test of the commodity. After the satisfactory test, the buyer will arrange for the shipment to his own refinery and after the assay result, buyer will transfer the total value to the sellers account within 24 hours.
One representative of the seller will accompany the buyer on the same flight to buyer's country to make sure that the money is transferred to our account.
All the export documents will be arrnged before shipment is made, please contact me urgently so that we can proceed immediate shipment. Reach me with this email if intresting (simeon.duala@yahoo.com)
Thanking you for your co-orporation at all times.
Best regard,
Simeon Duaala
simeon duaala
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