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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 next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "Vanna Seng" <v.seng@asia.com>
Reply-To: v.888seng@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:17:28 +0700
Subject: From Vanna
Good day,
Please accept my apologies for writing you a surprise letter.
I am Mr. Vanna Seng, account Manager with an investment bank here in Cambodia.
I have a very important business I want to discuss with you. There is a draft account
opened in my firm by a long-time client of our bank from your country who just passed
away during our violent election last year.
I want to invest this funds and introduce you to our bank for this deal.
All I require is your honest co-operation and I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach
of the law.
Please respond with interest and phone number to enable us discussing further.
Kind regards,
Vanna Seng
Senior Accountant
St No A22-1800/SK
TUOL KORK PHNOM PEHN
KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
H/P: +855885587480
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