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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: Mr.Donald Ness <test@spicebpo.in>
Reply-To: <donaldness77@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:36:36 -0800
Subject: Business Proposal
I am Donald Ness, one of the portfolio funds managers of The Scottish Investment Trust Plc. One of UK`s largest and oldest independent self
managed funds management company with over £45billion Capital Investment Funds.Nevertheless, as Scottish Investment Funds Manager, I handle all our
Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.3% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan
Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over £12million from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an
Investor to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from Scottish Magellan Capital Funds. All confirm-able documents to back up the claims
will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. View the attached Message for more details.
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