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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:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Paul C. Latimore" <martinlochea2006@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paulcook0045@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 01:30:33 -0700
Subject: Mutual Business Proposal...
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From: The Presidency
Federal Republic of Nigeria Abuja - Nigeria
Foreign Payment Advisory Board (FPAB)
International Credit Settlement Dept.
OUR REF: FPAB//PED/IRD//09/20
Official Gazette
Acts of Revocation of Agency Rights
No.: 12, Government Notice No.:9024
Vol. 1 File No: 414/2018cp
Re: PLAN TO SELL YOUR FUND AMOUNT
Please get back to me very quickly for a detailed brief on an ongoing
Plot to Sell a Contract/Inheritance Fund Payment with the Nigerian
Government under your name to a Swiss Business Man. Kindly confirm to
me if you had any such arrangement with one Thompson Hopper as he
claims your Contract/Inheritance Fund linked through payment
classification code OFX/PMNT/CBN-DMO/99 IS NOW HIS. He claims you are
now incapacitated and no longer healthy enough to continue with the
processing of this claim, hence you Decided to Sell the
contract/inheritance claim to him. He has submitted his Biometric Data
and also sent the necessary Fees to Change what is Originally in the
System under your name and details to his own name.
Urgently do confirm the legitimacy of this discovery to form my
decision in quickly reporting this to the Authority, if it happens to
be False and also to quickly link you to the new paying authority the
Nigerian National Debt Settlement Department (NNDSD) of the
Presidency.
Thanks.
Mr.Paul C. Latimore
Foreign Payment Advisory Board (FPAB)
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