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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- hazimissa21@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Hazim Issa <hazimisa21@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 09:19:05 -0700
Subject: Greeting dear friend,
Greeting dear friend,
My name is Hazim Issa from Cote d’voire presently in Burkina Faso right now where I hide my self in a local hotel here I’m 22 years old girl, my father is one of the security leader of my uncle Laurent Gbagbo, they killed my father on the process of capturing my uncle Laurent Gbagbo after declaring him wanted by the rebels soldier since then my mother was down which lead her to heart attack I surfer carrying her from one hospital to another and she did not make it may her soul rest in peace she died last month, and before her death she gave me the file documents of our inheritance fund which my father deposited in Access Trust Security Company here in Burkina Faso Ouagadougou here where I’m writing you from.
Please for God’s sake I’m seeking for good honest and sincere person who will stand for me so that I can be able to claim and move out this my inheritance fund from the Access Security Trust Company so that I will follow the person to its country to invest my fund in a very good investment that will yield good profit because there is no more peace in my country Cote d’voire since they capture my uncle Laurent Gbagbo
The amount which my father package in a trunk box and deposited in the Security company as family valuable items while the war was going on in my country is the sum of $2,8M two million eight hundred thousand united state dollars and the security company director Dr David Okita is not aware that the trunk box contain cash
Waiting for your urgent reply with your phone number so that I will call you and direct you on what to do to help me out.
From a friend Hazim Issa
N/B: If you are interested in my offer kindly reply me through this email id ( hazimissa21@yahoo.com )
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