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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- 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.
- 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.
- mrsabibajoan@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs Abiba Joan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsabibajoan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:02:56 -0700
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF SCAMMERS
My Dear:
In accordance to my religious persuasion, I felt expedient to write and inform you on the wicked conspiracy hatched by the duo of my boss Prof Lamido Sanusi and Barrister Nawaz Sherrif of
the Ministry of Finance to divert your money to their designated account in Europe .
>From my position as a lowly clerk in this office, I discovered that they moved the fund from Africa to Spain and then moved it last week to Banco Italiano in ITALY . Today I found out
through the Central computer database that they are about to reroute your fund to NED BANK in South African . With this, I felt that it is important for me to alert you on this
development.
They are still using your name and contract/inheritance identification number as the beneficiary but they have changed the account co-ordinate and this is the reason they are frustrating you
by asking for endless fees in order to buy time pending on when they will transfer your funds to their designated account in cayman islands. I have the reference number of the transaction
and also I have the number of the official who is directly in charge at the NED BANK PLC .
Your payment is supposed to go through the London credit control financial clearing house before finally Lodge in NED BANK SOUTH AFRICAN . All the data about your claim profile
are within my reach. I do not need gratification from you either in cash or kind. I can never be a part of evil because the bible said YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL
SET YOU FREE.
Please respect my discretion in this matter, you can send an email to me so that I can give you the reference number and the name and contact information of the officials of the Ned Bank Plc . I repeat, please do not expose my person, it is not easy to get jobs around here and I cannot contend with these powerful individuals because they can eliminate me just
like that.
God bless you
Mrs Abiba Joan
email:mrsabibajoan@gmail.com
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