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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: "Seduim Naif" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sedumnaif12@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:31:29 -0500
Subject: I am eager to work with you
I am looking for a genuine individual I can relate to from your country and that why I'm writing you this mail.
I met a man I married 3 years ago. He worked as an engineering contractor with the shipping and Oil Company I introduced him to and also I helped him to secure contracts from. He was from your country. I have a daughter for him which he never saw he vanished all of a sudden and never bothered to call me or send me information concerning is whereabouts. My daughter is now 3years and has never seen her father.
Of recent I discovered that he died in an Italian ship accident last year and he was married before I met him and he lied to me about it because if I had known I would not have married him. Now my shipping company also lost contact with him. However he has insurance pension fund of $3.9m and the company have written me about it. Unfortunately I cannot claim it because he did not list me as the beneficiary he listed is direct kin as the beneficiary. I don't know how to locate is family and I would not do so even if I have the means because I need that money to train our daughter I need help from any individual from his country that I can present to the company as the kin, since the company have asked me to locate is kin.In fact I have the confidence of the manager of the insurance company he sympathizes with me and have promise to assist me in the claim and payment issues and write off the premium payment once it is acknowledged by me.
This is why I am looking for help and why I write you. I need your co-operation to claim this pension and we can discuss on what percentage of the pension amount you will take. We will share it according to agreed percentage. All I want now is to be able to have money to train my daughter.
If you accept to liaise with me on this issue reply me with your name and contact information
And I will acknowledge your response and give you complete details .I also want you to know this will not cost you anything other than your time.
Sedum Naif
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