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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- 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.
- behnam69@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mrs Bushra <egpunzalan@doh.gov.ph>
Reply-To: behnam69@bk.ru
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 03:53:57 +0800 (PHT)
Subject: DEAR GOOD FRIEND
DEAR GOOD FRIEND,
I have a Chinese client with a large amount of money that needs to be re profiled and he is a man I respect a lot
but due to his predicament right now he cannot do things on his own and for that reason he has asked me to look
for a better investment partner that can help him to invest his money wisely
Due to my client political issues he cannot act on his own capacity,so he needs to re profile the funds kept in an account
in a bank in Spain to be transferred and invest wisely he really prefer to invest this money in your country overseas
I want you to know that this is 100% risk free and you stand to make a lot of money with your assistance.
Please get back to me if you are interested in this project so that we can work things out.
and then we can take it from there. I wait your response and thanks for your understanding.
Reply me via this email: behnam69@bk.ru
Best regards,
Soltani Behnam
financial consultant
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