419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- ic.industriecanadienne@yahoo.ca (Yahoo, Canada; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: RECRUTEMENT A L'INDUSTRIE CANADIENNE <issr_cosenza@alice.it>
Reply-To: ic.industriecanadienne@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:24:00 +0100 (CET)
Subject: AVIS DE RECRUTEMENT A L'INDUSTRIE CANADIENNE (IC.GC.CA) SESSION
2014-2015

L'Industrie Canadienne (IC.GC.CA) Scan 4460 Hacienda Drive7 5 boul.

RenÃ©-LÃ©vesque Ouest, RC Ville de MontrÃ©al (Qc), Canada

Accord de publication NÂ° 210/GCI/DRH508-I.C-2014-2015

BONJOUR MONSIEUR et MADAME

L'Industrie Canadienne est une Entreprise qui reconnue dans le monde
entier. Cette Entreprise est donc Ã la recherche de 09 personnes par pays afin
de faire valoir leur compÃ©tence au sein de notre entreprise. Elle recherche de
toute urgence des personnes expÃ©rimentÃ©es capables de s'adapter Ã touts
environnements de travail. En outre, L'Industrie
Canadienne recherche Ã©galement du personnel dans les domaines du
secrÃ©tariat de l'administration, MÃ©decine, de l'informatique appliquÃ©e Ã la
gestion, la maintenance, la comptabilitÃ© et gestion, le marketing, chauffeur,
techniciens, ingÃ©nierie, la restauration, MÃ©canique. Pour participer Ã ce
recrutement, de l'annÃ©e 2014-2015 il vous suffira de contacter la direction
pour plus d'informations sur le recrutement Ã l'adresse e-mail suivante: ic.industriecanadienne@yahoo.ca pour confirmation
votre inscription et pour plus d'informations sur les conditions Ã
remplir et les piÃ¨ces Ã fournir pour votre dossier de candidature.

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