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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
Fraud email example:
From: Abdul Khalid Mustafa <m.walker02@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: Abdul Khalid Mustafa <abdelhakimalhasidi@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 14:01:57 +0100 (BST)
Subject: In the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful
In the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful
As-salaamu alaykum warakmatul-laah wa bare kaatuh
May Allah continue to protect us from the madness of shaytaan.
My name is Abdul Khalid Mustafa, I am a citizen of Syria and the son of late Mahmoud mustafa who was murdered on the 10th may 2012 in Aleppo on his way to Damascus by secret agents of President Bashar Assad who ambushed him and his drive for his alleged financial support and sympathy for anti- Assad forces in general.
Before my father gruesome death my father was a successful business man.When Anti-government protests started on March 2011,my father foresee the end of Bashar Assad as it happen in Libya and quickly withdrew all his money in our locals bank and send it out of our country and deposited it in security company before the protests turn into full scale war.
We are presently being sheltered in refugee camps in Turkey where we ran to when it becomes clear that our lives is also in danger.
We seek your assistance to help us invest and manage this $8,700,000.00 (Eight Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) my father deposited in a security company until we are able to return to home.If you are interested in assisting us to invest this money in your country kindly reply for more details.Endeavor to keep this transaction very private and confidential because its my family lifetime future investment.
Our father's lawyer who assisted him to deposit the money the security company made us to understand that due to security purpose he advise and persuaded our father to concealed the money in a trunk box and declared the contents to the security company as family belongings,which means management of the security company did not know that the box contained money but family belongings as father declared the contents and it was visible indicated on the deposit certificate that the box contents is family belongings.
Thank you
Abdul Khalid Mustafa
NB:What will be your percentage for assisting us?
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