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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: Bun Sam <asia@soonaik.com>
Reply-To: <buns8527@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 00:29:07 +0700
Subject: We shear 50-50
My dear good friend,
I work with one of the major banks in Cambodia as the director of audit. I have a proposal for you, a very urgent and quick business that will be completed in 12 working days. I have just discovered documents relating to funds belonging to a deceased client of our bank,
I went through all the related documents to the funds and I discovered no listed next of kin to inherit the funds which has been in our bank for more than 7 years now. I need your cooperation in getting the funds, I have the power to list you as the beneficiary of the funds and have the funds transferred to you.
If you are interested, do get back to me so I can provide you with the full details.
Regards
Bun Sam.
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