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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:
- ",500,000" (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: "David L. Ola" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.ola887@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 04:02:11 -0500
Subject: Attn: Investment Proposal
The urgency of the situation i find myself in has forced me to reach you through
this medium please treat my offer with all seriousness as it is a real and present
situation.
My name is Divid Ola personal financial analyst and also an investment Banker
with the African Development Bank branch in Tunisia North Africa.
Africa's Largest Fund Management entity with over 47.5
Billion Capital(USD) investment fund with an AAA rating.As the ADB financial
services officer,i handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and
secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per
annuam on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund.
As an expert,I have made over 55,500,000.00(USD) from the Investor's
EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to
receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from ADB Marginal Capital Fund.
All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.
Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the
funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.
Our sharing ratio will be 60-30%. If you are interested please send me
your direct phone number so that we can discuss.
N:B: Do not contact my office number or email all correspondence must be on this box.
This is a serious transaction and i need a trust worthy partner.Please click on reply on your page to automatically respond to my personal email
Sincerely,
Mr. David I. Ola
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