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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: " DR STEVE IMES" <briggs.hendersonb@aol.fr>
Reply-To: steve.imes@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:52:10 +0100
Subject: Re: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL.//
- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -
ATTENTION:
I AM DR STEVE IMES , STEPSON TO THE FORMER MINISTER IN LATE ATTAH
MILLS
GOVERNMENT IN GHANA BUT PRESENTLY IN LONDON UNITED KINGDOM, I HAVE
IN MY POSSESSION SOME REASONABLE SUM OF MONEY THAT WORTH AN INVESTMENT
CAPITAL BUT THE TOP LIST OF MY PRIORITY IS WHERE TO INVEST THIS MONEY
OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY FOR SECURITY REASONS AND A WORTHY FOREIGN PARTNER
WHOM I
CAN TRUST.SHOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN MY PROPOSAL, I WILL URGENTLY NEED
YOUR RESPONSE AND PROVIDING ME A RELIABLE/GENUINE TRADE OR INVESTMENT
PLANS/PROJECT WHERE THIS INVESTMENT FUND CAN BE PUT INTO PROFITABLY.
PLEASE I WILL KINDLY WELCOME YOUR ADVICE TOO AND PLANS OF A FEASIBILITY
STUDY ON THE PROJECT PLAN. I WILL UPDATE YOU WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT
INVOLVED
HERE AS WELL AS SEND TO YOU AN MOU/AGREEMENT THAT WILL BIND US ALL IN
THIS
INVESTMENT PROJECT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SHORTLY.
SINCERELY.
DR STEVE IMES
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