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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 next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: Nuratu Abubakar <everydayhome49@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdullahifadila696@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 20:54:04 +0800
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED
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Hello,
I am an Independent Legal and Financial Expert, i run a private Practice as
a Solicitor and Financial Consultant, I lost my client and his entire
family in a plane crash on December 25th 2003. An expatriate Engineer with
Mobil Oil and Gas you can read more details of the crash from this website:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/26/content_293549.htm
I have the mandate of my deceased client bank to present any of hi
surviving relative for the claim of his fund or forfeit the fund as
unclaimed. All my effort in locating any of his surviving relative has not
been successful and i have
little time left to make this claim. I want you to stand in as a relative
of my late client to enable me make the claim of the fund, The request of
you being a foreigner as next of kin is associated by the fact that my
client was a foreigner and no one here can stand as a next of kin to a
foreigner. There will be no risk involved whatsoever if you agree to
co-operate. However maximum privacy is of vital importance if we are to
successfully reap the immense benefits of this transaction. I guarantee
that the transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect all parties involved from any breach of law. My objective is
not to make any monetary gain but to use my percentage upon the completion
of this transaction for a humanitarian course by establishing a foundation
for children living with "COVID 19" in honor of my late client and his
entire family. The total fund is U.S $27 Million and i will give you 40% of
the fund at the completion of the transaction.
Please fill out the form.
(1) your full name .........
(2) your phone number .............
(3) Your home address ... ..........
(4) any of your ID Cards .............
(5) The post code of your country ................
(6) your email address ...............
(7) Your country name ...................
(8) What are you doing?
Yours Faithfully
Nuratu Abubakar
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