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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: "Bernard Madoff" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <madoffl.bernard@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 00:26:44 +0800
Subject: From Bernard Madoff 1
Dear Sir
I am Bernard Madoff the founder of wall street firm Bernard L. Madoff investment securities LLC in 1960 and was the former chairman of NASDAQ.I was accuses of fraud worth over $170 billion dollars and was arrested on Dec 11,2008 and on march 12,2009.I was pled guilty to 11 federal crimes and admitted to operating the largest ponzi scheme in history.
Let me not go into much details.I have £1.5 billion British Pounds Sterling in HSBC Bank.This fund no one knows about it except my bank officers because the money was deposited under serial codes.I need your help right now not only to reinvest this fund.50% goes to charity and 20% will be mapped out for the promotion of gospel, building of churches and mosques all over the world and 25% for you while 4% goes to the bank officials who will help you facilitate the transaction and 1% for my up keeping in the prison.I know that i will die very soon because of my heart attack and kidney cancer, and when i die my 1% up keep will be added to the charity making it 51%..please i want this business to be completed as soon as possible.
Kind respect
BM
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