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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.
- 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.
- onealnathan90@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: warehouse@hchra.org
Reply-To: nathan.oneal1@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:20:16 +0100
Subject: Awaiting Your Response
I am Mr. Nathan ONeal one of The Portfolio manager of The Mercantile Investment and Personal assistance to a Nigerian energy businessman presently on exile whose information remains very discrete for now for security reasons.
I handle all Investors within my management portfolio Direct Capital Funds(there investment funds). As a routine every partners gets the percentage profit or dividend from the total cash he or she is willing to help us invest into your Company annually, the account has a valued for millions of pounds sterling and dollars.
I am looking for someone/organisation with good credibility who I can trust to stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from The Mercantile Investment Trust plc.
I know you must have been receiving lots of scam emails asking you for upfront fees ,we dont need your money we need only your corporation and financial expertise we will are handling all logistics from our end.
All legal documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out the process and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 50-50. If you are interested, you should send your direct phone number so we could discuss more on phone or email as regard the transaction. Email: onealnathan90@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Mr. Nathan ONeal.
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