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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
- 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.
- ibrahimmrs.jasmin@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs.Jasmin Ibrahim" <12345akapoyomi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibrahimmrs.jasmin@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 01:14:39 +0000
Subject: HI,
Dear.
I do recognized the surprise this letter will bring to you, most especially
as it comes from a stranger. I am Mrs.Jasmin Ibrahim i am 50 yrs widowed
woman .
I am married to Dr.Mohandas Ibrahim from India who was a director and
accounting department of all Petroleum Company in Libya for years before
he died in March 2011 during the Libya War.
We were married for twenty good years without a child. Before his death we
were both faithful Muslim and I decided not to remarry or get a child
outside my matrimonial home .
When my late husband was alive he deposited one trunk box which is a value
of $10.500,000USD (Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)
with a security company outside Libya.
I was presently in Hospital simply because i received a straight bullet
beside my liver and i constituted that its very serious problem in which i
cannot say Walther i will succeed the operation or not.
Please if you can do this deal with me in trust,honest and one mind, please
reply to my private email address with your full information as listed
below: EMAIL........ ibrahimmrs.jasmin@yahoo.com
FULL NAMES:
RESIDENCE ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
TEL/GSM:
AGE:
SEX:
Thanks
Mrs.Jasmin Ibrahim.
MY PRIVATE E-MAIL: ibrahimmrs.jasmin@yahoo.com
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