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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: CRUDESHELL COMPANY UK <crudeshell@live.com>
Reply-To: info@cdpetroleumoil.com
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:18:23 +0900
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
FROM CRUDE SHELL OIL COMPANY UK
PLEASE PARDON US TO CONTACT YOU IN THIS WAY. PERHAPS, IT NECESSARY TO
INFORM YOU THAT THIS OIL COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR A RELIABLE PLACE TO
ESTABLISH BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACROSS UK TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. IF YOU
KNOW ANY BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY THAT CAN PROFIT YOU AND THIS
COMPANY, PLEASE DO CONTACT US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
A PARTNERSHIP GROWN INVESTMENT BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPANY. PERHAPS,
WE ARE ASSURING YOU THAT YOU WILL BENEFIT LARGELY FROM THIS INVESTMENT
WITH OUR COMPANY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO
CONTACT US VIA COMPANY EMAIL AT: (info@cdpetroleumoil.com ) OR
(cdoil@instruction.com )
BEST REGARDS.
CRUDE SHELL OIL COMPANY UK
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