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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: "Sgt Jarvis Revess Jr" <sales@kiaofalliance.com>
Reply-To: <jarvis37@ymail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:00:59 -0600
Subject: YOUR ENTITLEMENT
Good Day,
Am delighted to inform you that I and my partner we have amount $9.2million
and gold dust that we want to move out of the country here in Tripoli Libya,as
a result of the recent crisis.
All we want from you is a safe place/secure account where we can transfer the
money into,kindly note that the deal of the transaction is that you take 30%
while me and my partner share the said balance 70%.The gold dust will be send
to your home mail address which you are to keep until the transaction is
finalize.
I will furnish you with more details upon the receipt of your response.
Glad to hear from you
Thank You
Sgt Jarvis Revess
America Army
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