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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:
- "mr.cbonnet@globomail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Claude Bonnet" <cfsf@accountant.com>
Reply-To: mr.cbonnet@globomail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 23:32:52 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: LET US ACHIEVE THIS BUSINESS TOGETHER.
LET US ACHIEVE THIS BUSINESS TOGETHER.
Hello my greetings to you,
My name is Mr.Claude Bonnet,i am a banker by profession with Bnp Paribas
bank of France in southern region of France Bordeaux,i am the chief
account officer to Late Mr. Lam Kok who died in a helicopter crash in
France while inspecting one of his new acquisitions.
Please follow the link below to read more about the tragedy story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25476662
I have the opportunity of making you the rightful beneficiary to his
deposited funds with our bank and from all my investigation here at the
bank Late Mr. Lam Kok had no beneficiary or next of kin to claim these
funds and i am so confident that there's no risk involved so please be
rest assured.
I have in my possession all the necessary documents to have this
transaction carried out successfully without a hitch so please do get back
to me via my private email below for more details about the business only
if you are interested to actualize this business with me please it should
remain highly confidential.
My Private E-mail: mr.cbonnet@globomail.com
Regards
Mr. Claude Bonnet
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