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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Florence Ngong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <florencengong@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 23:13:59 -0600
Subject: ERBSCHAFT ZUR INVESTITION..
Betreff: Erbschaft zur Investition
Meine Daten/
Mein Vorname ist Florence
Mein Name ist Ngong
Mein Alt ist 54Jahre
Mein Familiestand/ Witwe und vier Kinder aber meine Ehemann und drei sind waehrend dem Rebellen-Angriff gestorben bei uns in Nord-Kivu in DRC-Kongo
Mein Krankstand ist/ ich bin krank und leide von Magenkrebs
Erbschaft/ Usd14,5millionen von meinem Ehemann geerbt. mein verstorbenne Ehemann war ein Diamanten-Haendler.
Nach der Beerdigung meiner Ehemann und drei kinder habe ich und mein lebendigen Sohn entdeckt dass, mein verstorbenen Ehemann die Summe von USD14,5millionen bei einer Finanzfirma zur sichere Aufbewahrung deponiert hat.
Nun wegen der gegenwaertige politische Lage bei uns bitte wir Sie uns bei der Investition in Ihrem zu unterstuetzen.
Ihre Beloehnung ist 20%
Wir werden Ihnen mehr Einzelhieten mitteilen wenn Sie uns dabei helfen koennen!
Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Frau Florence Ngong
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