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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- yuuyttg5468@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Youfus Ali <iarali3@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:18:45 -0400
Subject: From Mr Youfus Ali
>From Mr Youfus Ali
The Head of File Auditor from Burkina Faso, I seek your assistance and I assured of your
capability to champion this business opportunity to remit $3.7 Million U.S.A Dollars. Into
your account if you are interested let me know so that I can send you the details of this
transaction. I agreed that 39% of this total sum will be for you while 1% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the
business and 60% would be for me. If you are willing, please quickly get back to me by
completing the following information for enquiry.
reply to my private email: yuuyttg5468@gmail.com
name........................................................................
Nationality................................................................
Mobile number.....................................
Profession..................................
Age/passport.................
reply to my private email:yuuyttg5468@gmail.com
My sincerely yours,
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