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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- 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.
- yakakafatima.magu@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Fatima magu <fatimayakaka04@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 01:33:27 +0200
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME (TELL ME YOUR CONDITIONS)
Greetings to you,
I am Mrs. Fatima Yakaka Magu from Nigeria, I am the wife of Mr. Ibrahim
Magu the acting chairman of the Economic and financial crime commission
EFCC. My husband was arrested for corruption on the 6th of July 2019.
please check at www.Efccnigeria.org &
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEis93F8HQI. Please I need to save the
position of my husband as he is now suspended by Mr. President Buhari
and secret panel of investigation have been set and it is led by my
husban's worst enermy in the DSS.
Sir I need urgently your indulgence to keep my husband’s fund in your
country in the name of investment. The amount involved is 150 million
dollars and they money will be paid to you as a contract payment hence
all documentation shall be carefully procured by my family personal
assistance whom i have already sent to Europe secretly in search of a
trusted partner who will handle this funds for my family.
Note, the funds are already outside the country but i was hint by good
friend in the presidency that investigation is going to be chanelled to
some listed countries and one of the countries is where the funds is was
among the list hence i need to move fast to get the funds relocate to
your designed desrtination.
If you are interested, kindly send me your ID and your percentage ratio.
I am looking forward to your urgent reply.
Kind regards,
Mrs. Fatima Yakaka Magu.
Email; yakakafatima.magu@gmail.com
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