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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.
- 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.
- jacobamain@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1yLkphY29iIEFtaW4i?= <naziharabah201@terra.com.pe>
Date:
Subject:
From: Mr.Jacob Amin.
Manager: Audit and Account=
s.
Islamic Development Bank,
Ouagadougou, Burkina =
;Faso.
Dear God's elect,
I am sending&nbs=
p;this E-mail with greeting to you. I am=
the above mentioned person with said of=
fice position, and I=E2=80=99m contacting you =
;in respect of a business proposal in th=
e tune of Nine million three hundred tho=
usand US Dollers.(US$9.3million)which I intend to&=
nbsp;carry out with a foreign partner who&nbs=
p;is trust worthy.As I talk to you now,&=
nbsp;this said account is without a beneficia=
ry or heir. This means that the money&nb=
sp;presently does not belong to any. I h=
ave explored all options and decided to =
execute this transaction with any trust worth=
y foreigner who can strike the deal with=
me by receiving this huge amount of&nbs=
p;money in his/her foreign bank account and&n=
bsp;take 40% of it.This transation won=E2=80=99t&n=
bsp;take us more than ten bank working d=
ays to finalize.
I will provide any=
information that will be needed to back=
up the claim, and ensures that our =
;bank releases the fund to you as the&nb=
sp;beneficiary to this said account. We shall=
follow the official way to get the =
;bank to approve the fund to you since&n=
bsp;the original owner died leaving none behi=
nd to inherit his estate.
I have wor=
ked out everything before contacting you, so&=
nbsp;I will give you all the details reg=
arding the deal as soon as I hear f=
rom you and please make this proposal a&=
nbsp;top secret and delete it if you are=
not interested.so should you be interested&n=
bsp;Kindly contact me with my private email&n=
bsp;address via;(jacobamain@yahoo.com)
Thanks and reg=
ards.
Mr.Jacob Amin.
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