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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: "Mrs Diezani Alison Madueke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsdiezaniailson@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 11:59:51 -0800
Subject: Kindly Go Throught This And Get Back To Me.
Dear Sir/Ma
My Name is Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, I am the former
Minister of Petroleum in our oil Nation. I have Hugh amount
of Money I wanted to move to your Country for our mutual
business benefit. I am sick and on admission at Cancer
treatment center here in London Uk. Since President
Mohammadu Buhari came into power he has confiscated
everything I have together with the fund I have in our local
banks in our Country.
I decided to run out of my Country because the Present
government is after my life. You can go through the bellow
two sites for your proper clarifications.
1,http://saharareporters.com/2015/11/14/photos-cancer-stricken-diezani-alison-madueke-released
2,http://www.nairaland.com/2461745/buhari-turns-down-former-petroleum/1
Hope to hear from you to enable me brief you on how the fund
will be transferred to your Bank account under special
protection to avoid putting you in any kind of trouble. I am
looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Mrs Diezani Alison Madueke
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