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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 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.
- 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.
- sandradjaha7@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Djaha Sandra <sandradjaha8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sandradjaha7@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 18:33:03 +0000
Subject: Cc
Hello Sir,
My name is Sandra Djaha, daughter of Mr Djaha.
My Father use to work for one of the former African presidents as a
personal staff that he uses to move money secretly to execute any of his
international projects.We fled from Libya last three years ago following
the uprising.
My father’s death is no longer news but my mother's deteriorating health
made me want to do this despite the fact that I barely know you. I believe
in my late father’s philosophy: “risk many things in life; but not life
itselfâ€. I believe in taking business risk with strangers mainly to escape
the spotlight, and I hope you can do this for my family.
My main aim of contacting you is to ask you to collaborate with me to
receive a certain fund deposit that my late Father deposited in a Bank so
that we can use it to enter into a joint venture with you because we are
looking at investment opportunities in your Country and we need a local
presence to carry out our plans.
We will give you 15% of the deposit for your personal use for your
collaboration.
Please be assured that I want nothing more than what could be a very
profitable joint venture and a lasting business relationship.
For my email alert, please reply to: sandradjaha7@gmail.com
Please write back and I'll explain everything in full detail.
Thank you.
Best Regard,
Sandra.
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