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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:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Fraud email example:
From: Aziz Barro <aziz.barro@voila.fr>
Reply-To: azizbr@voila.fr
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:37:30 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From: Mr. Aziz Barro Esq.
From: Mr. Aziz Barro Esq.
No: 46 Rue 6 avenue Yennenga
Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso
West Africa.
Greetings,
I am the personal lawyer to late {Engr. Mademba Ntombela), a South African National who resided in Ivory coast but shuttles between there and Burkina Faso as He was a cotton merchant alongside Gold and has died in 2010 crisis with his family and after all my investigations no results shows that there is a living next of kin as He even left no will before the sudden extermination of his generation.
I hereby solicit for your immediate response and positive committed efforts to facilitate the fund remittal of the total sum {US$5,500,000.00} before they get confiscated by the Central Bank of Burkina Faso as this sum is fixed in an account with the Bank of Africa and I being the Lawyer do not have the legal right to claim such a fund so also do an indigene of this Nation hence the account owner is a foreigner.
Upon your positive response to this proposal, I will make all necessary information known to you and do please get in touch with the information's below for more details and effective proceedings but please bear in mind that , you will make some soft expenses in securing some legal papers to convince the Bank of your authenticity as the next of kin:
Your full Name:
Address:
Tel:
Occupation:
Country:
Best Regards.
Mr. Aziz Barro Esq
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