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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.
- robertgepor53@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: robert gepor <robertgepor54@gmail.com>
Reply-To: robertgepor53@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 14:03:09 +0200
Subject: BONJOUR (( AVEZ-VOUS BESOIN DE FINANCEMENT ??? ))
BONJOUR (( AVEZ-VOUS BESOIN DE FINANCEMENT ??? ))
BONJOUR,
Je suis partenaire d'un groupe de Bailleurs de Fonds , qui opèrent
des investissements des projets et offre des Prêt Particulier
couvrant le continent Africain et dans le monde pour toutes autres
opportunités d'affaires rentables quelque soit votre pays de
résidence.
Avez-vous des projets et en recherche de financement ? Même si vous
avez des Sociétés en faillites ou toutes sortes de projets en
faillites, nous sommes prêts et disposés à traiter votre requête pour
aboutir à votre demande de financement.
NB: Si vous être intéressée par la présente offre, doit nous joindre
sur notre e-mail personnelle pour plus de détail:
( ( robertgepor53@gmail.com ) )
Très cordialement,
MR ROBERT GEPOR
E-mail: robertgepor53@gmail.com
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