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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: "Mr. Karim Karoui" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <karim.fgbank@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 03:50:28 -0700
Subject: Esteemed gratitude
My esteemed gratitude to you my good friend,
Please permit me to briefly introduce myself. I am Mr. Karim Karoui serves as the Chief Financial Officer of First Gulf Bank PJSC (FGB) in United Arab Emirates and served as its Head of Business Planning & Financial Control. with my 25 years of banking and finance experience with organizations such as ICI (Industrie Cosmetique Internationale) and Citibank Tunisia where I held the position of Country Financial Controller. I joined FGB in June 2001 as Financial Controller.
I write to contact you over a very important business transaction which will be of mutual interests and benefits to our both families. If you are interested to know more details about this proposal, do not hesitate to write me back as soon as possible.
Mr. Karim Karoui
Chief Financial Officer
First Gulf Bank (United Arab Emirates)
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