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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 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.
- kumalo_ann@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Ann Diane <kumalo_ann@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:30:46 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello,
Hello,
how are you doing today? i hope all is well.
My name is Ann, In search of a man who understand the meaning of love
as Trust and faith in each other rather than one who sees love as the
only way of fun, but a matured Man with Nice Vision of what the world
is all about, so i red and saw your email here in http://www.irkutsk.org/cgiapps/guestbook/guestbook.html
I took Interest in you.
SO PLEASE REPLY ME DIRECT TO MY PRIVATE ID( kumalo_ann@yahoo.co.uk
).
I will be very happy to read your reply so that i will send my picture
to you then we can start know more about each other. Thanks for reading
my mail and be Bless.
Ann Diane
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