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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: Raphael Kam <kimrapheal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Raphael Kam <raphaelkam2015@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:39:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Investment offer opportunities
My humble Greetings to you
dear, Please I know that this letter
may be a very big surprise to you but
i ask you to read this letter and
accept this proposal with a good mind.
Permit me through this email to inform
you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you.I have
an Investment proposal to you which
our late Father planned to invest in
euro zone before his death as a result
of long time diseases, the total
amount involve is sum of (15.000
000.00 Million USA Dollar)this fund is
deposited with a foreign bank outside
our country for a good investment in
euro zone before our father died. i
decided to contact you to help me
transfer this money out from where is
deposited in a foreign bank.Please if
you're willing to partner with me in
this issue please contact me back for
more details so that we can discuss
about percentage offer I await your
soonest response
Best regards
Master Raphael
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