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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 orphan scam.
Fraud email example:
From: jennifer bugiba <simondornoo20@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: jenniferbugiba35@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:54:35 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: please don't be discouraged for hearing this.
greeting to you
well I thank God for keeping me till this moment here in Dakar Senegal.
My name is jennifer Bugiba i am 23 year single never married i from Ivory Coast in West Africa and presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in dakar as a result of the civil war going on in my country,
please don't be discouraged for hearing this.
My late father Dr Patrick Bugiba was the personal adviser to the former head of state (Late Dr Robert Guei) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father.It's only me that is alive now and i managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am leaving now.
I would like to know more about you.Your likes or dislikes,your hobbies and what you are doing presently.I will tell you more about myself in my next mail,I hope you wouldn't mind.
Hoping to hear from you,
Regards
jennifer Bugiba
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