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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "miss.nakatoblair2011@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "miss.nakatoblair2011@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Nakato Blair" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <miss.nakatoblair2011@live.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:53:56 +0530
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY!!
Good day,
Let me start by brief introduction; I am the Co-Founder of The Forum Athletic Club and
the founding agent of the Advocate for the Innocent Imprisoned Inc., Atlanta Georgia,
Advocate for the Innocent Imprisoned is a non-profit and the organization is aimed at
helping the wrongly accused people who are imprisoned for an offense they knew nothing about.
You can get little background about me from here. http://www.spoke.com/info/p6baTa3/NakatoBlair
Although the organization is registered with the office of the State of Georgia secretary, we are
currently in dissolution status due to limited funds to make it a national organization and
peradventure worldwide which is why we are yet to be fully functional.
The organization will be second to none as far as the history of the United States is concerned.
I reside in Atlanta Georgia with my twin sister Babidiye Robinson and wee are health fitness
trainer and our corporation is known to be double impact fitness twins and we were on good
morning America show in New York on 05/03/2010 as I’m sure you saw us then.
I’m contacting you for a particular purpose that sooth your status but before I unfold
the purpose, I need to be sure that I’m dealing with the right person here as I’m sure
that you must have seen me on good morning America show when we had our
segment in New York conducted by Heidi Jones.
Just if you didn’t had the chance to watch us live on good morning America show,
kindly signify and I will let you have the abcnews link on how you can watch us
and also confirm your complete name.(miss.nakatoblair2011@live.com)
Peace and blessings.
Nakato Blair.
For your Attention
miss.nakatoblair2011@live.com
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