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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)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Hassan Mohammad <mr_hassan_12@voila.fr>
Reply-To: mr.hassanmohammad@yahoo.cn
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:32:52 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE INTO THIS TRANSACTION
I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE INTO THIS TRANSACTION
From: Mr.Hassan Mohammad
My Dear Friend,
I work with a bank In West Africa, Burkina faso .I have a business transaction for you.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro. In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in car bomb in Iraq.
Since his supposed next of kin died along side with him at the Bomb blast, there is nobody to claim the left over balance in the account. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department decided to seek your assistance and present you to the bank as his business partner because a business partner can come from any pat of the world. Further the transaction is hundred percent guarantees.
If you accept i would give you the guide lines of how we can achieve this transfer of the money to your account. And we will share the money 75 for us while the rest 25% is for you.
I expect that you will give me your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication with you and for more details.
YOUR FULL INFORMATIONS
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Your Name.____________
Your Home Addresses.__
City._______________
Country.____________
Home Telephone._____
Private Telephone.__
Fax No._____________
Marital Status._____
Sex.________________
Age.________________
Occupation._________
Religion.___________
Your picture._______
Best Regards
From:Mr.Hassan Mohammad
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