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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- prouvostmarie.brigitte@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: PROUVOST Marie-Brigitte <andrea_070484@alice.it>
Reply-To: prouvostmarie.brigitte@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 16:50:34 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Bonjour
Bonjour Bien
Aimé
Je
suis une veuve d'origine française résidant ce jour au Royaume Unie pour la
raison de mon état de santé qui ne cesse pas de se dégradé de jour en jour. Je
vous écris parce que je recherche une personne à qui faire confiance pour la
bonne réalisation de mon projet de donation. Je veux vraiment donner de moi ma
fortune d'argent actuellement disponible sous section de gardiennage auprès
d'une Banque au BÉNIN. Mon état de santé si vraiment critique ne me permet plus
de sortir de l'hôpital où cette ma maladie me confine, je souffre de la tumeur
du cerveau qui se traite depuis plus de 7 mois aujourd’hui. Je ne comprends plus
rien de ma vie, c'est des raisons qui me poussent à vous contacter et de savoir
si je peux bien sûr vous faire confiance et vous faire part de cette donation.
Veuillez donc me contacter sur mon adresse mail privé (prouvostmarie.brigitte@yahoo.ca )
afin de prendre plus toutes les informations possible sur ce projet de
donation.
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