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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: kate David <katedavid177@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kate David <katedavid17@inbox.lv>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:07:36 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP
Good morning my dear and how are you doing today. I am Kate David and I hereby write this email to you with great sorrow in my heart and heavy tears in my eyes simply because my late father relative here have tried several times to kill me so that the can inherit my late father properties as I am my parent only child.
As a result of this development,I went to the bank here where my late father deposited this money and explained about my situation to the bank director which he promised to help me with this transfer as soon as I can find someone who can help me secure it after receiving it in his or her bank account because I will also relocate to the person's country to continue my education and also start a new life as I dont have any other family member this place who cares for me.
The total money in question is USD $4.5 million dollar (FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLAR) and i will provide you with other informations once you indicate your willingness.
Finally, I am willing to offer you 30% of the total money as mode of compensation for your effort for assisting me with this humble request as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within few days you signify your interest to assist me.
Best Regards,
Miss Kate David.
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