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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- 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.
- richardlee_partners@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Richard Lee & Partners" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richard_lee10@asia.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:30:02 +0200
Subject: Urgent and Important Trust Financial Transaction..
Richard Lee and Partners
Sarawak, Malaysia
Email: richardlee_partners@mail.com
Sir/Madam
I am the local financial consultant to a late foreign contractor from your country. He lives in Malaysia for so many years; He unfortunately died along with other passengers on board plane MH370 Malaysia missing Airline.
He has fund with one of our local bank in my country. The Bank has issued my firm a notice to provide his relative for the fund, but I could not because there was no written will assigned to the fund. Since there is no obvious heir who will inherit the estate under the rules of intestacy, so clearly there is a need to provide trust and outstanding foreigner to the windfall. Not only does this news come as a pleasant financial surprise but also unlocks valuable and interesting to you.
Because he came to my country for so many years back, l decided to send this message to any foreigner who l can transfer the fund to as his relative. Be informed this is a financial DEAL between us.
Why l need someone from your country to receive the fund as his relative because l cannot claim the fund on my own, if you are interesting partner I will be determined to negotiate partnership sharing ratio.
For more information please contact me through my private Email: richardlee_partners@mail.com
Yours Sincerely,
Richard Lee & Partners
Email: richardlee_partners@mail.com
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