419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- reverendisaacambrose@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Fortune Samuel <fortunesamuel2015@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 02:37:38 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?COMPENSATI?= =?windows-1256?Q?ON_FROM_FO?=
=?windows-1256?Q?RTUNE_SAMU?= =?windows-1256?B?RUwu/v7+/v7+/g==?=
=?windows-1256?Q?=FE?=

Hi Dearest!

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently Iam in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now you will need to contact former personal secretary to the Rev. Father whom used to be a God-Father to me when I was in Dakar Senegal, his name is Rev pastor.Isaac Ambrose and his email address is as follows : (reverendisaacambrose@gmail.com)

Ask him to send you a certificate bank draft of $300.000.00 which I prepared and kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touched with Rev.Isaac Ambrose and instruct him where to send you the money.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share in our joy after all the sufferings at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to Rev.Isaac Ambrose on your behalf to receive that money. Therefore feel free to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without delay.
Take care and bye for now.

Yours truly,

Fortune

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