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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:
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- iiaftf@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Pala Samuel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <iiaftf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:37:58 -0300
Subject: International Investigations and Anti Fraud Task Force,

The Vice Chairman,
International Investigations and Anti Fraud Task Force,
For African Region 2015.
(iiaftf@gmail.com)

Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. Pala Samuel . I'm the vice Chairman of the International
Investigations and Anti Fraud Task Force, For African Region 2015. Sir, we
the entire delegates of the above office flew into Lagos city of Nigeria
recently because of numerous complaints filed against Nigerian government
on their inability to pay foreign beneficiaries Inheritance, Contracts and
Compensatory funds into their respective banks accounts even after they
must have collected all required transfer fees from these foreign
beneficiaries. This is the reason why we were mandated by the United
Nations (UN) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to fly into West
Africa and rectify these problems by making sure foreign beneficiaries
receive their long over due funds.

>From the time we came into Nigeria, we have been able to repatriate some
funds that was wrongly diverted into different bank accounts abroad by the
bad eggs in the Nigerian banks and ministries. Further more ,from your file
here on my table I'm so surprised that you have not received your payment
up till this moment as from what I saw in your file, you have complied with
all the documents that shows and proved your legitimacy as the beneficiary
of this fund. We signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian
govt to pay off all certified foreign beneficiaries from our own liquidity
(Available Funds) in our UN / EU controlled bank in UK, and we will debit
the Nigerian government and recover our money from same through their crude
oil.

Finally, Are you still alive and healthy? If you are still alive, you are
required to immediately respond to this mail, so that we will send to you a
corresponding email on what to do next.

Regards.
Mr. Pala Samuel.
Vice Chairman,
Anti-fraud Intl.,
Presently in Western Africa.

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