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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:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Karim Nabil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infomifc4@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 17:00:40 -0600
Subject: Business

I am the deputy accountant and a member of contracts awarding committee of Mineral commission department in Turkey.

This mail may come to you as a surprise but be rest assured that this is not a hoax mail.

I write to solicit your assistance in a huge fund transfer deal and investment project.

Two years ago, Turkey government asked my committee to award contracts to foreign firms, which I and my colleague With our good position, deliberately over invoiced the contract sum . Now the contracts value has been paid off to the contractors and remaining the claim of the inflated sum.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate background and Please do acknowledge your acceptance by forwarding your full contact information and phone number so we discuss furtheron how we can execute this deal properly.

I look forward to hearing from you

Thanks and God Bless.

Karim

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