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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: "MR. UMAR YAR ADUA." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <umaryaradua101@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:12:59 -0700
Subject: Attention dear sir madam ?
Dear Sir,
MY NAME IS MR. UMAR YAR ADUA A CITIZEN OF NIGERIA NORTHERN PART I AM
INTERESTED TO
INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY WITH THE SUM OF $12.5million AND THE MONEY BELONGS TO MY
LATE FATHER YAR ADUA.
HERE IN NIGERIA THE ECONOMY IS NOT ENCOURAGING HOWEVER I WILL LIKE YOU
TELL ME HOW
IS YOUR COUNTRY ECONOMY AND WHAT CAN WE INVEST THIS MONEY ON IN YOUR COUNTRY.
FURTHERMORE THIS FUNDS WILL BE SPLIT, 20% WILL BE PUT OUT FROM THE
TOTAL FUNDS FOR
ANY EXPENSES THAT COMES IN LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL WHILE 50% OF THE
FUNDS SHALL BE
USED FOR INVESTMENT THEN 20% FOR YOU THE REMAINING 10% WILL BE KEPT
FOR ME UNTIL I
ARRIVE AT YOUR COUNTRY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED GET BACK TO ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL.
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BEST REGARDS,
MR. UMAR YAR ADUA.
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