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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: JOHN SIMON <mail.hilife3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mail.hilife1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:56:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED
Hello dear,
This is Mr. John Simon writing to you, I am a politician with a very high political ambition in 2015 general election.I also got license to export/sale crude oil. I got to know your email through the chamber of commerce data base in my collections. I just do not know who to trust again after Mr. Kenny Clover of Illinois USA betrayed my trust on him about money transfer just last year. I have no choice now but to seek the assistance of another foreigner to partner with me in this transaction hence my contacting you now.
This transaction is worth over FIFTY SEVEN MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLAR ($57.9M) only. Who ever finally is picked to partner in this as a foreigner gets %20 of the (57.9m) for real.I am NOT a gambler or a cheat in any form .My present predicament warrants i contact you via this means for now , please i beg your pardon for sending you this message with out any permission .
This money will be wired directly into your bank account any where in the world with out problems but I MUST have to first of all get some good measure of assurances from you which will make me trust you completely due to my immediate past ugly experience in this kind of transaction just last year 2013. Mr. Kenny Clover is only running but can not hide. I surely will get him and get my money back. Let me get over the elections first and sure I will snip him out from where ever he may be.
I want this money taken out of this country immediately to a safe country because all the account of every perceived strong political opponent is been monitored right now by the Federal Government so as to clip our financial powers against running for high elective posts against his party next year .I am in the opposition party .
I can guarantee you that this transaction will NOT exceed 7 bank working days as long as you follow my simple instructions about it. IN ALL HONESTY, I DO NOT EXPECT YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY IN THIS TRANSACTION BUT IF SERIOUS NEED BE I DEFINITELY WILL FALL BACK ON YOU.
NOTE THAT THIS IS A LEGAL/LEGITIMATE TRANSACTION AND MUST BE BACKED UP WITH ALL NECESSARY PAPERS AS THE PROCESS MAY REQUIRE.
I will give you further detail about this transaction on your indication of interest to partner with me.
Regards,
John Simon
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