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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.
- chinsang133@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "chin sang" <root@zshine.com>
Reply-To: <chinsang133@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 13:43:04 -0700
Subject: Kan du stole på? Investeringsfond
Investeringsfond
Kan du stole på?
Hallo
I mitt søk etter en forretningspartner som fikk sin kontakt i google-søk. Min klient er villig til å investere $ 10 millioner til $ 50 millioner, men klienten min sa at han trenger en pålitelig partner som kan ha et møte på tidspunktet for utgivelsen sine midler.
Jeg fortalte klienten min som har en god profil for firmaet ditt som jeg ble gitt detaljer om deg i mitt søk på Google-søk. Kan vi stole på deg.
Vi kan lage en plan for et langsiktig kommersielt forhold. E-post, chinsang133@gmail.com
Vær så snill, hvis du ikke er interessert, slett denne e-posten og ikke jakta på meg fordi jeg sa at karrieren min og familiens liv er på spill med denne venture. Selv om ingenting ventet ingenting oppnådd.
Vennligst svar.
Mr. Chin Sang
For og på vegne av investor,
1441 Yan en vei Shanghai 200040 Kina
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