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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "mkirk44@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "mkirk44@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "KIRK MUDOCH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mkirk2341@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:47:46 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
I wish to approach you with a request that would be of immense benefit to both of us.
I am an attorney based in Scotland United Kingdom. I want you and I to make some fortune out of a situation that I am obviously left with no other better option.
The issue that I am presenting to you, is a case of my client that willed a fortune to his only daughter. It is unfortunate that he and
his daughter died on the London Bomb attacks on 7 July 2005. The wife died of heart attack on receiving the sad news a week after. I am now faced with a problem of getting a trusted person who I will make the
beneficiary that I would pass the fortune to. And according to the law such fortune is supposed to be bequeathed to the government if there
is not any a relative or next-of-kin of the decease that would surface for claim of the fortune.
Based on therafore-mentioned, I want you to join me in facilitating the claim of this money for our own personal use.I can assure you that
we will be able to secure these funds from his account if we work secretly with any foreigner from the same country who can stand as the
late depositor business partner. I hereby seek for your participation.
We have all relevant information that would be needed to put you up as the deceased's legal next of kin in order to get the bank transfer the
fund into your account for us instead of allowing it to be tagged as an ''unclaimed account'' which would finally go into the coffers of
our government. You would be rewarded with some yet- to- be- negotiated percentage of the fund for your involvement.
More details of this transaction would be unveiled when I confirm your interest to participate. For your safety and ours during and after the
transaction, and to ensure the success of this transaction, we all should keep this issue secret. Contact me quickly on direct e-mail
address this is for security reason mkirk44@ymail.com in your reply kindly send the followings.
FULL NAME :
ADDRESS :
PHONE NUMBER :
STATUS :
COMPANY NAME :
AGE :
Yours Truly,
Kirk Murdoch
E- mails : mkirk44@ymail.com
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