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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "paterhayman5678@9.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Peter Hayman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paterhayman5678@9.cn>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 23:07:07 +0530
Subject: Proposal !
Dear Friend,
My Name is Mr Peter Hayman, a personal accountant of the late Mr Uwe Gembella who was murdered in South Africa after a brief business meeting buy unknow mob stay from russia.Due to his untimely death in 2010, his funds have been sitting in the account ever since and will continue to do so perpetually unless we do something about it, the below link will give you a proper insignt.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/03/breaking-uwe-gemballa-reportedly-found-murdered-in-south-africa/
Unitl his death he deposited the sum of 22million$ at my Bank Absa bank South Africa if intrested i shall furnish you with more details as to how we can have this achieved with my influence at my Bank.You can also reach me on my personal email:paterhayman5678@9.cn
Thanks.
Mr Peter Hayman.
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