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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "MISS AMANDA KOFFI" <amanda31@w0anm05lp.homepage.t-online.de>
Reply-To: <amandakoffi017@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:23:24 +0530
Subject: FROM MISS ARMANDA KOFFI
DEAREST One,
Greeting to you, I saw your profile and it interest me to build partnership trust with you in assisting me in foreign businesses for benefit of both of us, my name is Miss Amanda Koffi of foreign nationality leaving and schooling in Accra Ghana of 19 years old the only daughter of my parents am contacting you IN REGARDS TO MY LATE FATHER'S GOLD FIELD AND THE FUNDS USD9.5MILLION HE LEFT IN A BANK VAULT BEFORE DIED, I LOST MY FATHER LAST YEAR AGO AND HIS WORKERS DID NOT MANAGE HIS COMPANY PROPERLY AND THE BUSINESS COLLAPSE AND THE land been taken back by government due to mismanagement. And now it remains his storage gold and funds which is going dormant and am the only child of the family left here and i am looking forward for you to assist me in repatriating these property funds to overseas for SECURITY AND INVESTMENT PURPOSES TO AVOID LOSING ALL TO GHANA GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I AM A FOREIGNER AND my mum is there in hospital in UK hospital so I will rather accept the situation whereby you handle this for me to
THANKS
MISS AMANDA KOFFI
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