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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22552037392 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
- 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.
- barrister.georgexq@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- yao mark principal attorney at law email. barrister.georgexq@gmail.com email. george_2017@mynet.com direct line. +225 52037392 (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Barrister George <henrietta.daniel01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barrister.georgexq@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:37:51 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION MY DEAR YOU HAVE A GOOD NEWS
ATTENTION MY DEAR YOU HAVE A GOOD NEWS
FROM ECOWAS/AND UNITED NATIONS SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.
I am Barrister George Godwin contacting you on behalf of ECOWAS
COMMISSION West Africa for compensation of victim of scam here in west
Africa, Please this is urgent mail and we need your response so that
further details will be release to you on how your fund will be
transfer to you successful without any delay.The victims compensation
amount is 1.5Million US Dollars only and the fund will transfer to you
through ATM CARD PAYMENT OR BY TELEGRAPHIC DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER FROM
OUR CORRESPONDENT BANK HERE IN AFRICA OR EUROPE ASIA UNITED STATES.
This is to inform you that our management has resolve to finally
transferred your fund through our affiliate bank any where in the
world, the reason is due to scarcity of dollars couple with global
financial crisis. Instructions has been passed to our affiliate bank
all over the world. For ECOWAS to be sure that you are the rightful
person that your information is showing in ECOWAS SCAMMED VICTIMS
SYSTEM BOARD to avoid any mistake during the fund transfer we want you
to reconfirm your full contact details again below:
1.Your Full name.........
2.House Address..........
3.Occupation....Age......
4.Nationality...... A copy of your Identification for our record purpose in this
department..........
I wait your response. Meanwhile the fund can transfered to you through
BANK TO BANK DIRECT WIRE TANSFER or through ATM CARD PAYMENT so choose
one option in the above mentioned transfer procedures and get back to
me immediately because both of them will cost you small amount before
the fund transfer, Through ATM CARD PAYMENT the cost is $380USD, While
BANK TO BANK DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER the cost is $275USD, So if you are
ready to proceed for the payment after you make your own chioce of
transfer get back to me so that we can proceed immediately for your
fund transfer.
ADDRESS AVANUE 12 COCODY ABIDJAN
CONTACT PERSON BARRISTER YAO MARK
PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY AT LAW
Email. barrister.georgexq@gmail.com
Email. george_2017@mynet.com
DIRECT LINE. +225 52037392
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