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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:
- "info@c-bdea.tk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Faeza <godwinisaac996@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info@c-bdea.tk
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 03:09:21 -0700
Subject: Payment From Commercial Bank of Dubai
Dear Customer
Sorry for the late information I'm Faeza Abadizamil Al-Ebadi from
Commercial bank of Dubai, after the World economic summit held in
Nigeria few weeks back. The Nigerian Government, The World Bank,IMF
together with The African Development Bank have nominated our bank to
handle all the contract and inherited payment originated from Africa
because of the terrorist attack and corruption going on now in
Nigeria.
You are therefore advise to get back to us with your account details
where you want your funds to be transferred into as soon as possible
and According to the policy given to us note that you are not
responsible to pay any upfront fee or charge to my bank, the charges
will be deducted from the funds during the time of transfer.
Find attached the copy of my identification for your perusal.
Yours Faithfully,
Faeza
My bank email ID: info@c-bdea.tk
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