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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.
- cbn.cbn4@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: jim iyke <jimmiykee@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cbn.cbn4@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:37:31 +0100
Subject: DID YOU SEND ANYONE TO CLAIM YOUR FUNDS???
FROM: DAN BILBREY
PAVILION NEW YORK USA
HON:BENEFICIARY,
WE HAVE YOUR FUNDS HERE WITH US,SEND YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND
PHONE NUMBERS.WE WILL CALL YOU FOR A SHORT VERIFICATION INTERVIEW THEN
WE ENACT YOUR FUNDS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT OR ANY OF THE PAYMENT METHOD.
YOU MUST DIVULGE TO US HOW YOU WANT YOUR FUNDS ENACTED TO YOU.
1.ATM CARD? YOU CAN WITHDRAW THE SUM OF USD80,000 PERDAY
2.CERTIFY CHEQUE? DEPOSIT THE CHECK IN ANY BANK AND AFTER 7 DAYS YOU
CLAIM YOUR FUNDS
3.TRANSFER TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT? WE WILL TRANSFER YOUR USD7.5MILLION
AND YOU START WITHDRAWING IMMEDIATELY.
PICK FROM THE LIST ABOVE.
HOWEVER THIS IS THE INFO NEEDED FROM YOU:
FULL NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBERS
REPLY THIS EMAIL AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU
THANKS
BESSIE HAIRSTON
CALL ME AT TEL+ 2348141662035
REPLY TO: cbn.cbn4@gmail.com
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