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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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
- 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.
- johnobipresidency800000@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: MR JOHN OBI <usmanbetty125@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnobipresidency800000@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:49:22 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY
ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY
MY NAME IS MR JOHN OBI AND I AM THE DRIECTOR OF FORIGN PAYMENT IN THE
PRESIDENCY HERE IN NIGERIA YOUR ESTEEMED NAME AND CONTACT WAS GIVEN TO
ME BY A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE ALTHOUGH I DID NOT DISCLOSE THE
CONTENT OF THIS LETTER TO HIM I JUST TOLD HIM THAT I NEEDED A VERY
RELIABLE PERSON TO DO BUSSINESS WITH AND HE RECONMEMEDED YOU TO ME
THE BUSSINESS PROPOSAL I HAVE FOR YOU IS AS FOLLOWS MY GOOD
FRIEND MR HARDY ALLEN HAVE A FIXED 5M US DOLLARS DEPOSITS BANK
ACCOUNT WITH UNION BANK PL C IN LAGOS NIGERIA AND HE DIED IN A PLANE
CRASH ON 20TH MAY 2012 SO AFTER HIS DEATH WE FIND OUT THAT HE HAVE
NO NEXT OF KIN WHEN HE OPENED THIS FIXED DEPOSITS ACCOUNT WITH UNION
BANK PLC SO I DISCUSSED WITH THE TOP MANAGEMENT OF UNION BANK PLC AND
WE AGREED THAT I CAN GET A NEXT OF KIN FOR THIS MY LATE FRIEND MR
HARDY SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS AND REMIT THIS 5M DOLLARS INTO THIS NEXT
OF KIN BANK ACCOUNT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE THIS 5M DOLLARS 50% FOR YOU
WHO WILL ACT AS MR HARDY ALLEN NEXT OF KIN AND 50% FOR ME AND THE BANK
OFFICIALS INVOLVED.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS WHERE YOU
WANT THIS FUNDS TO BE REMITTED INTO AND YOUR PHONE NUMBERS AND COPY OF
YOUR WORK ID / INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/ DRIVERS LICENSES AND
YOUR FULL ADDRESS.
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS FULL INFORMATION FROM YOU WE WILL PROCESS
AND FORWARD TO YOU ALL APPROVED INHERITANCE CLAM PAYMENT DOCUMENTS FOR
YOUR SAFE KEEPING BEFORE REMITTING THIS FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
THIS PROJECT IS 100% RISK FREE THIS I ASSURE YOU
I AWAITS YOUR REPLY TO johnobipresidency800000@gmail.com
REGARDS
MR JOHN OBI
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