419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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 message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +4407872282497
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.
- 002177393920@consultant.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARCLAYS BANK LONDON PLC"
<khosropour209@yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Aug 2014 10:19:55 +0100
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE!!

Attention: Please,

I am contacting you to ask for your co-operation for a business opportunity in my department where I am the associate Director, Barclays Corporate Banking.
After our annual audit of Last month in my branch I discovered an account of a late client Mr. Andreas Schranner a German business magnate who made a fixed deposit in my branch valued at Â£8.5M (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds,)
My investigations has shown that Mr. Andreas Schranner died in the plane crash of Monday, 31 July 2000, (an air France jet liner) with his entire family and other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the website below for (BBC NEWS):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm,
According to the United Kingdom banking law, after the expiration of 14 (fourteen ) years, if nobody applies for the claim, it will be confiscated and send to the state treasury as government fund. It is on this note that I am seeking for your support to stand as the next of kin/beneficiary to claim the above stated amount so that we can move it into a useful investments in your country, I am ready to share with you 60%/40%.
Please discard this message if you are not interested. One passionate appeal i will like to make to you is that you should not discuss this issue with anyone if you have any reason(s) to reject this offer as any leakage of this information will affect my job.
If you are interested do get back to me for more information through this email: 002177393920@consultant.com.
Mr. Mark Diver(Associate Director)Barclays Corporate BankingNorthampton, United Kingdom.1 Churchill Place Canary WharfLondon, E14 5HP. United KingdomEmail:00217739392@consultant.comTel: +44 07872 282497.

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