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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- jerimore@rocketmail.com (Rocketmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- benin his name is jerry collins on his email address below {jerimore@rocketmail.com}. ask him to send you the total sum of one million (Rocketmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Ricky Dose <ricky123@w.cn>
Reply-To: rickydose@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:04:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Best Regard
Dear Friend,
Longest time, I hope all is well together with your family, if so glory be to GOD almighty. Well Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from South Korea. Presently I 'm in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Mean while I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is Jerry Collins on his email address below {jerimore@rocketmail.com}.
Ask him to send you the total sum of one million five hundreds thousand dollars {$1.500.000.00} in draft creature which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much although it didn't come to fruitful. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr. Jerry and instruct him where to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. In the moment, I m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and my new partner are having at hand.
Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that draft so feel free to get in touch with Jerry; he will send the amount to you without any delay as I instructed him.
Mr. Richard
CONTACT Mr. Jerry Immediately on
{jerry.more5@gmail.com}
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