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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.
- rosebella.martin@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Rose Bella MARIN <maurizio.iuliano@tin.it>
Reply-To: rosebella.martin@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:54:15 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: BESOIN DE VOTRE REPONSE URGENT
Bonjour, Je m'appel Rose Bella MARTIN et cela fera bientôt deux (02)
ans que je me bats contre une maladie et la médecine ne peut rien
suite
aux résultats des examens médicaux dont mes jours sont comptés selon l’
investigation de mon Docteur traitant ceci étant le cancer de cerveau.
Si je vous contact c'est pour vous faire jouir d'une grande somme de (2
025 000 €) de mes biens que je vous offre afin de gérer comme s'il
était le votre. La solitude est un jardin où l'âme se dessèche. Les
fleurs qui y poussent n'ont pas de parfum. Je ne demande rien en retour
sauf votre prière et fais profiter également les plus pauvres autour de
vous, je vois maintenant une faible chance pour que je survive à cause
de mon état critique. Veuillez donc accepter mon offre afin de m'aider
a honoré ma promesse que j'avais faite a mon maître d’église avant de
mourir. Pour en savoir plus écrivez moi: rosebella.martin@yahoo.fr
Mme Rose Bella MARTIN
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