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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: "Payment Board" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ken.adams84@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:07:52 +0100
Subject: ..Kind Attention
PAYMENT/DEBT RECONCILIATION BOARD
EURO -ASIAN UNION FINANCE COMMITTEE
ASIA PAYMENT CENTRE
JAKARTA PELANG
INDONESIA
ATT: BENEFICIARY
My name is Mr Ken Adams, Chairman of the above named committee. This committee was set up by the European and Asian Union and the G-8 Committee of Nations to strictly ensure that indebted contractors/Next of Kin beneficiaries and Lotto winners who has been processing their transfers for a long time and whose payments has long been over due are finally settled. This was the decision reached by the body after their last general meeting which ended in London few days ago.It will interest you to note that all payments from Africa has been stopped forthwith because of irregularities in thier activities.
In this regard, we were mandated to work immediately and found from records that your name appeared as those indebted for a long time due to the unscrupulous activities of Bank/Security Company officials who have been collecting money from you without results. Consequent upon this, we have been mandated to verify all files and effect payment immediately to all those affected. We have therefore, concluded arrangements to effect your
payment to you as we are paying all affected people from now until the end of this year. You are therefore to forward the following details for us to reconfirm with the information we have in our data base.
1. Your full names
2. Address
3. Telephone and Fax number
4. Age and Occupation
Once this information is received, the full communication lines of the Bank will be made available to you so that they can effect your payment accordingly.
Yours in service
Ken Adams
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