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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- email-victorvanhenk@consultant.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- victor van henk. oversee credit commission llc email-victorvanhenk@consultant.com email-creditcommisiondept@safe-mail.net (Consultant; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- email-creditcommisiondept@safe-mail.net (Safe-mail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Oversee Credit commission LLC." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <creditcommision@accountant.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 19:30:14 +0100
Subject: Oversee Credit commission LLC.
Oversee Credit commission LLC.
Attention.Sir/Madam,
I am Edwin Victor Van Henk based in USA I represent a top Russian Government official
I have a very sensitive and private brief from him to ask for you or your company partnership to re-profile funds. I will give the details, but in summary, the fund is presently in a secured top 50 financial Security Company in Europe. This is a legitimate transaction and all modalities are in place but desire the highest CONFIDENTIALITY.
You will be paid on commission basis from this fund for your propose investment to assist him in re-profile these funds appropriately to a new investment in your Company "if" I am able to reach terms with you. If you are interested. Write me back immediately as I look forward to it.
Kind Regards.
Victor Van Henk.
Oversee Credit commission LLC
Email-victorvanhenk@consultant.com
Email-creditcommisiondept@Safe-mail.net
Email-creditcommision@accountant.com
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