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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: "Dr.Abbas Kazin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drabbaskazin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 03:40:08 -0800
Subject: REPLY AS A MATTER OF URGENCY.
Attention Dear Beneficiary:
I have been working on your out standing contract/inheritance and next of kin fund for the past six Months now to see a way out to resolve this problem of your pending fund but finally i have retrieve and recall the fund back in my possession through the help of my contact in Asian Bank.
I will tell you more details when I receive your reply so that we can know the way forward.This is really a happy moment for us and i hope you will be glad to receive this good news.
Looking forward hearing from you.
Your in service,
Dr.Abbas Kazin
Project Manager
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