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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:
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: "SUAH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <suhaarafat20@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:28:08 +0800
Subject: Hello
Hello
I am Mrs. Suha the wife of Yasser Arafat the Palestinian former leader, I am having problem with the
new prime Minister and the Palestinian liberation organization because the of money which my husband
Deposited in my account and my investment.
http://www.jerusalemites.org/articles/english/2007/August/21.htm
I want to introduce you to the bank to transferred the fund into your account for safety keeping, you
can click on this BBC news to Know more about me and my late husband, if you are honest to me. I have
more funds to entrust on your care
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3479937.stm
If you are interested get back to me urgently and I will give you the bank information to contact the
bank immediately hope to hear from you soon, send me your details and photo if you are replying to me,
Thank you.
Mrs. Suha Arafat
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