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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: Greeeting Rachel Hezekiah <taichi82537@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Greeeting Rachel Hezekiah <rachelhezekiah@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:47:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Regarding From Mrs Rachel
Regarding From Mrs Rachel
 I am contacting you through the direction of Holy Spirit and after my three days fasting and prayers. My late husband Daniel made a deposit total sun of $18.500.000.00 million dollar in a fix deposit with a bank in Ivory Coast; and he used my name as the beneficiary hence we don’t have any child.Â
Recently I was diagnosed cancer of lungs and my doctor said I may not last more than three months. For this reason I am looking an organization or individual that can use this money build orphanage homes were the less privilege children some part of the world can seek refuge like America, Asia and Africa and anywhere you know this money can serve to glorify the name of God. I took this decision because I don’t know if I will make it. Please if you're interested to assist me in this regard indicate your readiness by responding to this letter without any delay.
God bless!
Rachel Hezekiah
51yrs old
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