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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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "yayaya zekeri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <testzekeri@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 03:26:42 -0700
Subject: Re:Hello dear
Good day dear
someone I presumed to be your relative because he is from your country and most importantly because of the similarities in your last names who was an investor with our bank but died on Tuesday August 16, 2005 in a plane crash in Venezuela has come to the limelight in our bank because since 2005 that he died his portfolio worth US$26 millions has not touch cos no name next-of-kin was found in his bio-data form,
if you are familiar with Investment Banking affairs those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity with some levels of detachment from conventional processes as they operates their accounts with numbers, pin and codes for the avoidance of scrutiny - now this investment has generated a huge accrued interest to the amount of US$1.9 Million because he was operating a domiciliary Dollars account
hence the bank management authorized my office as the Associate Professor of Accounting & Finance of this Bank to locate any living relative of this investor to claim this money in line with the banking ethics as stipulated by World Bank Group (WBG). I will simply nominate & empowered you with relevant information and documentation to enable you claim the money officially and legitimately for us to share equally. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret reach me back with your full details Name:Address:Phone number:Age:Occupation:Country
Yours Sincerely
zekeri
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