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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:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 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.
- launvey@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Laurence Akimbode <lazarojorge3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: launvey@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:11:46 -0700
Subject: From desk of Mr. Laurence Akimbode
>From desk of Mr. Laurence Akimbode
The Personal Assistance to
Dr. Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke
TEL: +2348174496540
Email: launvey@gmail.com
Urgent Attention Please.
I am Mr. Laurence Akimbode Personal assistance to Dr. Mrs. Diezani
Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources Federal Republic of
Nigeria. I decided to contact you because of the prevailing security
report conspired against my boss and the intense nature of polity in
Nigeria. There is a deliberate plot by the incoming president of
Nigeria General Muhammad Buhari who won the March 28 election to
arrest and prosecutes my boss Dr. Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke simply
to discredit her because she is a woman and also the only woman who
has held such position in Nigeria since independent.
It is for this reason that I am soliciting for your assistance to move
the life savings of my boss out of the shoe of Nigeria. This decision
becomes paramount hence there is no other option to secure her life
savings totaling US$16.7million. The fund has been packaged and
present to German Embassy in Nigeria as personal valuable of Mr.
Andrew Bryjak who died in plane crash. We have accomplished every
arrangement to use the German embassy envoy to move out this fund via
diplomatic cash Delivery and surmounted lapses that will not be in the
interest of this transaction.
Because of time factor, if it pleases you to assist us, quickly revert
to me via this email address (launvey@gmail.com) so that I will swing
into action immediately and perfect the finishing touches for a smooth
and hitch free delivery of the Cash consignment. The consignment will
be scheduled for shipment as soon as we hear from you. Call me
immediately you receive this message for oral discussion.
Best regards,
Mr. Laurence Akimbode
TEL: +2348174496540
Email: launvey@gmail.com
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