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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: Official Staff <info55amuma@gmail.com>
Reply-To: 2089857069@qq.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 09:10:14 -0500
Subject: (no subject)
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I am Mrs Abia Anu the Chief Financial Officer in a bank here in Dubai
and now currently Global Transaction Banking, Non-Core Operations Unit,
Postbank. I have a share holder in my bank from United State who want to
sell to me his Non-core (Assets that are no longer required for the
operation of a business) in order to free up capital and protect
shareholder value by reducing risks from non-core assets and business.
I contact you because i can not make this business open or face to face
due to my rank in the office being a (MANAGEMENT BOARD) we are monitored
in order to secure the bank funds. I want you to assist me to create a
new empty account where i am going to wire the sum of ($3.000.000.00
USD) to you so you can make the payment as my assistant. Note: i am not
going to wire the fund once due to international transfer limit the fund
will be wired bit by bit from $120.000 USD. Then After the successfully
of this business you will have a reward from me.
Let me know if we need an agreement for this. We also need to exchange
ID for proper identifications.
Regards
Mrs Abia Anu
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