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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.
- chanmeng.tradebank@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Chan Meng" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chan.mengtb@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 19:38:20 +0300
Subject: PLEASE RE PLY URGENTLY FROM CHAN MENG..
Compliment!!.
Attn: Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without
your prior consent and writing through this channel. I got your contact from a database found on the internet while searching for a reliable and
honest person that will handle my project. I was divinely inspired to pick you among all other information's found at the database.
I am Mr Chan Meng Former advisers to the prime minister of a country,currently our regime has problem and i am on asylum now).I has account with a bank in Asia this accounts contain about $42.1m us dollars. My purpose of writing this mail to you is to assist me secure this funds in your nominated account for a very good investment.
Please do get back to me immediately if you can help me to secure this money in your country.
I will give more details as soon as I
confirm your interest to help me. I will stop here until I hear from you.
through my private email. chanmeng.tradebank@yahoo.com
YOUR LEGAL NAMES....
ADDRESS.....
AGE....
PHONE NUMBERS....
OCCUPATION.....
Thanks
Mr Chan Meng.
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