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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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: abuchi@incognitics.com
Reply-To: stephendavid1952@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:17:06 -0700
Subject: Urgent

Attention Please,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however,it's just my
urgent
need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction.
I am a banker by profession from United Kingdom and currently holding
the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of
the bank.I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds
($125million) of one of my bank clients
who died along with his entire family on 21 July 2003 in a plane
crash.You
can confirm the genuineness of the deceased death by clicking on this
web
site

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

However, I am very much aware that he has left enough wealth that will
last
his generation a lifetime. The true situation at the moment is that the
said amount of money was deposited with the BANK here to be paid
out to a charity home.The charity home/organization would have to be
picked
by my law office. This implies that you will stand as the beneficiary to
this Will so that the funds could be processed and transferred to your
account if you are ready and in a position to assist me. You do not need
to
have a charity organization, all you need do is to declare your interest
and show seriousness.If you show seriousness.further details of the
transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return
mail,have a great day.Make sure you keep this transaction as your top
secret and make it confidential till we receive the fund into the
account
that you will provide to the bank. Do not disclose it to any body,
because
the secret of this transaction is as well as the success of it.

Please, note that this will involve some money (expenses)you will spend
some money to achieve this transaction.Do not respond to this proposal
if
you cannot handle it.

Yours faithfully,
STEPHEN DAVID.
Central Bank of West Africa States
Website: www.bceao.int

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