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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1yLiBSdWkgQWhtZWQi?= <f.d14@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:
Good Day
With all due respect, My name is Mr. Rui Ahmed, I am a b=
anker working with a bank in Burkina Faso West Africa. I want you to =
help me in receiving the sums of Fifteen Million Two Hundred thousand=
Euros (15,200,000 Euros) into your Bank Account.
This fund wa=
s deposited in the bank here by a foreign customer who died accidentally al=
ongside with his entire family years ago. Nobody had asked for this f=
und till now.If you are interested, you have to provide an account where th=
e fund will be remitted because i am highly interested to secure this money=
from the Bank. Please you can contact me immediately to start the transfer=
process.
Further details about the fund and this transaction will b=
e given to you upon the receipt of your response. Please understand that we=
have to hurry-up our actions because the bank authority here has plans to =
redeposit this fund into the treasury of the Central Government as unclaime=
d fund . I await your urgent reply and make sure you send me the informatio=
n=E2=80=99s Bellow.
(1)Full Name...
(2)Address......
(3)Age...=
(4)Phone....
(5)Country.....
(6)Occupation....
(7)Sex...
Regards,
Mr. Rui Ahmed
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