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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: MONA
Reply-To: <monabriggs01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:49:49 +0200
Subject: URGENT!!,

Sir
I am Dr Mona Briggs, Chief Director United Nations Humanitarian affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Middle East and North Africa region, I have been nominated and chosen to see to the current humanitarian crisis and catastrophe at various refugee camps across my jurisdiction,
1)-Jordan Refugee Camp
2)-Turkey Refugee Camp
3)-Egypt refugee camp
The agency has approved hundreds of millions of dollars to carter for Syria Refugees and other refugee from other nations like Libya, Syrian, Iraq etc, the United Nations (UN) / United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) has pledged to nations and individuals to donate to assist and cope with the recent refugee crisis around the world. the European Union has also donated a huge amount of money also regarding this and you can read about it on the link below. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34344346

Sir, I want to therefore propose to you a deal of economic benefit of investing some of this money, I am currently undergoing camp constructions for refugee across the Middle East / North Africa and I am going to be capable of diverting some huge sum of money to your custody for investment purpose confidentially with no risk involve.
I will need your total cooperation, acceptance and approval to proceed with the details of how the deal will be executed without hindrances.
Waiting your Prompt reply

Best Regards
Dr Mona Briggs
Chief Director, United Nations Humanitarian Affairs
And Emergency Relief Coordinator
Middle East / North Africa

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