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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:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Henrietta Blessing Richard <henrietta.blessing.richard@mail.ru>
Reply-To: Henrietta Blessing Richard <henrietta_blessing_richard2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:41:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear There is A message for You From Miss. Henrietta Blessing
Hello Dear There is A message for You From Miss. Henrietta Blessing
First of all, I seek your indulgence to solicit for your assistance concerning the content of my e-mail, although I am not comfortable discussing it through this manner, due to lots of unsolicited mails on the internet presently, but I have no other medium to do so I'm Miss. Henrietta Blessing Richard,a 20 yrs old girl From Republic of Cote D'ivoire and the only Daugther of Mr & Mrs. W. Richard.
I am contacting you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confidence to succeed sometimes in life.
There is this huge amount of ($15.5Million U.S dollars) which my late Father deposited in my name here in abidjan before his death.
Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside here for security and political reasons. and I am willing to relocate to anywhere my life and theis money will be safe so that i can further my education because my uncles are total threat to my life so I want you to assist me claim and retrieve this fund from here and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes. I will be expecting your urgent response soonest.Respectfully.I will give you more details as soon as i hear from you.
Thanks and God bless you.
Miss. Henrietta Blessing Richard
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