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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.
Fraud email example:
From: Taalie Edward <yeap@junbao.net>
Reply-To: <taalieedward866@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:29:35 -0800
Subject: Bello Beloved.
Bello Beloved.
My name is Taalie Edward, I have a transaction which I will need your assistance of the nature of this Deal. It involves the transfer of $8.800.000.00usd
into your account from a bank here. Please I will really appreciate if you can give me your full cooperation, I assure you that you will smile and be
happy for the rest of your life after we finish with this transaction.and I will tell you more about this deal.
Regards
Taalie Edward.
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