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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 next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: Armer Alain Dasso <bar.adossou@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dossouarmer@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:25:51 +0000
Subject: Hello
Greeting to you.
This message might meet you in utmost surprise; however, it’s just my
urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction. I am a banker by profession from Republic of Togo and
currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of
the bank.
I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds Nine
Million Four Hundred Thousand Untied States Dollars, one of our late
customer Andreas Schranner who died along with his entire family on 31
July 2000 in a plane crash. You can confirm the genuineness of the
deceased death by clicking on this website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be
shared between us in the ratio of 50 for you and 45 for me. If you are
interested, please send me your full contact information as below and
thereafter I will send to you TEXT OF APPLICATION FORM to apply for
the fund. I will appreciate your kind gestures towards this fortune.
1. Your Full name.
2. Your Current Address.
3. Your Telephone No.
4. Your Occupation.
5. Your Age.
6. Your Country of Origin.
7. A scan copy of your valid driving licence.
Your Faithfully
Mr Armer Alain Dasso
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