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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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- richardfrancis67@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: CAF ORANGE-AFCON 2013 <caforange-afcon2013@admin.in.th>
Reply-To: richardfrancis67@consultant.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:40:21 -0600
Subject: YOU WON $472,000.00 IN THE CAF ORANGE-AFCON 2013
ORANGE-AFCON 2013 LOTTERY AWARD
CAF WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT,
CAF HOUSE
3 ABDEL KHALEK SARWAT
STREET
EL HAY EL MOTAMAYEZ
CAIRO EGYPT.
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Congratulations as we announce to you that your email has been shortlisted as a winner of $472,000.00 USD (Four Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand United States Dollars) in the ORANGE-AFCON SOUTH AFRICA 2013 lottery award held on the 7th of December 2012. Your cash is credited to file: CAF/2651060037/06/2013.
To file for your claim, please contact our zonal coordinator immediately for verification of your winning and urgent release of your winning prize. Contact below:
Name: RICHARD FRANCIS
Email: richardfrancis67@consultant.com
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(1) Ref No: CAF/2651060037/06/2013. (2) Batch No: JBCAF/1347/JB/SA (3) Amount: $472,000.00 USD
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Kindly provide him with the below information for verification procedure
1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Occupation:
4. Nationality:
5. Tel No/Cell number:
6. Date of Birth:
7. Country of Residence:
8. Alternative Email:
Importantly your winning prize must be claimed on or before 30 days of this notification. Kindly quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondence. I say congratulation once again.
Respectfully
ALMAMY KABELE CAMARA
VICE- PRESIDENT
CAF ORANGE-AFCON 2013
©CAF ORANGE-AFCON 2013 CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
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