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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: "Anatoly Rupakov" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anatolyrupakov2014@mail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 23:18:51 -0700
Subject: From Anatoly Rupakov, Awaiting Your Respond
Complement of the day to you good friend,
I am sending this email to you confidentially with hope you will be matured enough to work on this project.
Note my name is Anatoly Rupakov, I was personal assistant to a ukrainian local politician and in my position I have us$9.2Million of late Mrs. Alyona Aneta who happens to be a victim among the first hundreds of people that died on the crises in federal capital of Kiev here in Ukraine.
I want this fund to be transferred in to your name from Ukraine to your country with any valid account which you can provide to me and this will be 40/40 and 20% will stand for any expenses that may come up in the process of this transaction.
Be inform that I will love to get this deal done as soon as possible , as I know you are aware the situation we are in Ukraine and I will love to move my family to your country once this fund is move to your account for safety.
Kindly get back to me by providing to me this view information bellow to your interest:
Name:
Direct Phone number:
Any valid ID:
I look forward for your urgent respond.
Yours
Anatoly Rupakov
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