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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Ms.S Manar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ms.sahar@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:21:21 +0200
Subject: Re...
Attn.
I have email you earlier, without Ur response. I am Ms.Samrah Manar Ex Protocol/ officer to late Muammar Gaddafi . My reason of contacting you is because I am looking for a Trustworthy person that I can present as the beneficiary & owner of US$30.3M deposit i made During one of my trips last year in one of the Southern Africa country, there after we can share it.
If you are interest and If my offer give you positive signals, kindly send to me the bellow information.
1 Your Full Name....
2) Your Age...........................
3) Your Country.......................
4) Your full address........
5) Your Occupation....................
6) Your Personal Mobile Phone Number.........
7) Fax Number....................
8) Photo Copy of your ID or Passport and also tell me a little more about your self.
As soon as get back to me more details will be giving to you and i will let you know the share/% that I will be offering you in participation in claiming this fund and please If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.
Regards.
Ms.Samrah Manar
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