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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "bobg@englandmail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "UNGAAP Representative" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bobg@englandmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:51:53 +0100
Subject: Confirm If You Receive Your Payment
Sir,
I wish to infom you that the Newly Sworn in President of Nigeria has invited the United Nation Agency in Charge of Grant Allocation,Foreign Contract Payment,Winning and Inheritance Fund payment of Foreign Nationals owed by the Nigeria Government to come and reconcille their payment Status. This is because the Newly Sworn in Government wants to correct the abnomalies that brought Embarassment to the President during an International meet where Placards where use to embarass the President and he has promised to solve the Problem of fraud and pay those payment cleared but was not paid in other to have good working relationship with Foreign Governments.
The records submitted to us by the new Government shows that you have been paid your approved Fund Valued $8.5 Million USD by the previous administration into your Account but on verifying our data base it shows that you have not been paid.
Therefore I want you to confirm the Status of your payment if you have receive your $8.5 Million as documented by the last Administration. Please confirm immediately as I shall be meeting the Official to clearify these abnormalies. According to the information at our disposal $8.5 Million was transfer to your Account precisely on 12th May, 2015.
I shall be discussing with them about these debt Profiles so that those that were not paid could receive their fund after confirmation and verification. If I do not receive any response from you within the next 48hrs, we shall assume your $8.5Million has been successfully received by you.
Confirm the status to me by e-mail: bobg@englandmail.com
Please reference payment code:
PCS/POM098/FMF-CBN/3015-1.
I look forward to your earliest reply and telephone call.
Mr. Robert Gilbert.
United Nation Grant Alleviation Allocation
Programmed (UNGAAP)
Representative.
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