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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:
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mrs Beeko Afoko Harriet <beekoafokoharriet2016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Beeko Afoko Harriet <mrsharriet_beekoafoko_09@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:47:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: (ADOPTION) From Mrs Beeko Afoko Harriet
I am Mrs Beeko Afoko Harriet I was born on the 19th of July 1970. I am a widow and I have a daughter who is 15 year old. I am so happy to be writing you this message because it gladdens my heart if you can share my passion to begin this project which I want to start.
I want you to understand that my present medical state will not allow me move around to make this project a reality, this is why I need your assistance to make this project come through. My late husband was a dealer in precious stones, he buy’s from Ghana and Asia and I joined him in the business some 20 years ago and ever since then we have been able to make lots of money.
The problem is that my husband was actually an Orphan and we both grew up in an orphanage home and we have nobody to assist except my daughter who is 15 year of age. Right now my daughter is 15 years of age and
I have been diagnosed with a deadly syndrome disease and I also have brain tumor as it is at the moment, the doctor’s are saying that I only have just some few month to live as to be realistic with you I have say 1 month or so this is why I want you to do this for me as a Charity work as there is no one to handle this money.
Now the fund Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars is presently in a bank . I have asked you for this because I want you to retrieve the money from the bank and half of the money should be used in setting up the orphanage and other facilities to help the less privilege why the other half of the money should be used in investment in your country for the future of my only daughter.
Note that this investment is going to be in your name but my daughter should have 50% of this investment. Also, you will have to adopt my daughter as your child, she should live with you till she is old enough to marry and then you can
help her in building her own life with her share of the investment.
Note that when you accept this offer and accept to adopt my daughter as your own child and take good care of her, I will introduce you to the bank as a beneficiary to the account where the fund is and make you a signatory to the account.
Respond to me with a copy of your identity card if you accept this offer and please do not forget that there is no one to take care of my daughter so you must adopt her as your child and you must set up the infrastructure to cater for the needy and less privilege.
Remain blessed.
Thanks
Mrs Beeko Afoko Harriet
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