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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:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "morgancorp.investment@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Morgan Brutt <info.global@vip.onet.pl>
Reply-To: morgancorp.investment@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:17:29 +0300
Subject: BUSINESS EXTENSION
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I am a business man based in United State of America (USA) representing
a group of investors and I am currently seeking means of expanding my
business port-folio in the following sectors:banking,real
estate,agriculture,stock speculation and mining.If you think you have a
solid back ground and an idea of making good profit in any of the
mentioned business sector in your country;please write me for possible
business co-operation. Moreso,i am ready to facilitate and fund any
business that is capable of generating 10% annual return on
investment(AROI).
Looking forward for a possible business collaboration with your
firm.Please reply with this email add:morgancorp.investment@outlook.com.
Regards,
Mr Morgan Brutt.
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