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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Trina Anildo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anildo.trina287@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:12:35 -0000
Subject: Investment Offer
Hello
I’m Trina a polish nationality but right now I’m in Ghana sorry for intruding into your privacy but I do have something real big which I believe will be of a mutual interest to you if you don’t mind. I don't know if I can get your assistance? My friend here couple of weeks ago showed me prove of her late dad having over 400 kilo grams of gold bricks deposited in a certain security firm here in Togo who once worked with late Gaddafi though was eventually killed by opposition and his dad too was unfortunate to be murdered in this tragic ending.
The dad now is late just like mine she came for claims of the deposit with documentation the dad entrusted to her. But there are certain hitches that I know you might be in a good position to resolve and she gets the gold out she has promised to settle you if you can render assistance on this with 35% of the gold get back to me as soon as possible for more details.
Regards
Trina Anildo
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