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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: FROM IBRAHIM RASH <ibrahimrash1@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: ibrahimrash1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:30:15 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: FROM IBRAHIM RASH
I AM IBRAHIM RASH, A 21YEARS OLD ANTI-GADDAFI FORCE IN LIBYA I HAVE ATTAINED SOME TREASURES AND MONEY ON OUR SEARCH OF FINDING GADDAFI WHICH ARE 45KG OF GOLD AND US$3.5MILLION AND I PERSONALLY WENT TO DEPOSIT IT IN THE STANDARD SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA, AND I AM IN SEARCH OF SOMEONE WHO WILL RECEIVE IT IN HIS OR HER COUNTRY FOR ME FOR A 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY OF US$1.5MILLION AND THE 45KG OF GOLD WHEN I COME OVER TO HIS OR HER COUNTRY AS THE WAR IS ENDED.
I NEED A SERIOUS PERSON WITH WHOM I CAN TRUST WITH THIS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND WILLING PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE DETAIL.
SEND ME THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ANY VALID ID SO THAT I WILL KNOW WHOM I A DEALING WITH
THANK YOU
IBRAHIM RASH
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