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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: "JAMES ROBINSON" <Ruscoleman@aol.com>
Reply-To: contract.projectnnpc@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:57:41 -0400
Subject: I AM ENGR JAMES ROBINSON THE DIRECTOR WITH THE PETROLEUM TRUST FUND PTF AND
ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE OF NNPC I AND MY TRUSTED
COLLEAGUES NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE TRANSFER OF $65.5M INTO ANY RELIABLE
ACCOUNT YOU MAY NOMINATE OVERSEAS.THIS FUND WAS GENERATED FROM
OVER-INVOICING OF CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY THE PTF UNDER OUR SUPERVISION AND
IS NOW READY TO BE REMITTED INTO ANY ACCOUNT WE PUT FORWARD FOR THAT
PURPOSE WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU IS A GOOD AND RELIABLE COMPANY OR PERSONAL
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