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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 message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
- 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.
- ofdk1@yahoo.com.tr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Office Desk <ofdk1@yahoo.com.tr>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 07:14:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?=C4=B0ptal_Edildi:_Contact_Him.?=
YAHOO TAKVÄ°M - Ä°PTAL EDÄ°LMÄ°Åž ETKÄ°NLÄ°K
ofdk1@yahoo.com.tr, davetiyeyi iptal etti:
Contact Him.
Ne zaman:
26 Kasım 2013 Salı 14:00 - 15:00 (GMT+00:00)
Good day my friend,
I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those fund transferred under the help of my new partner from China.Presently I'm in China for investment projects with my own share of the fund.Meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and all the attempts you made to assist me despite that it failed us some how.
Contact my secretary for your compensation which I kept for your past effort to assist me,His name is Mr. Patrick Ogem in Benin Republic email address:(patrickogem@nm.ru) ask him to send your fund valued at $3.8M USD which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts you made to assist me in the past transfer.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
Regards,
Mr Martin Mezue.
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