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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.
- 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.
- ahmizmi9@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mrs Neama Izmir <conssabraa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmizmi9@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 16:07:47 +0000
Subject: Project-Report
Hello Dear.
Project-Report
I will not fail to introduce myself to you: My Name is Mrs. Neama Izmir. I
must apologize for bringing this massage to your box without any formal
introduction due to the urgency of this issue. I would like to explain to
you more about this project which my late husband left for me before his
sudden death.
My late husband has a project of building a Charitable organization when he
was alive, then before his death he instructed me to shift all the files of
the project to someone that i trust because we didn't have children, Then
in this aspect i intended to travel out abroad in other to locate a good
site and partner in abroad who will help me to establish this project
before i fail ill since past 2019 till today and i was totally hospitalized
because of health problem which the doctor have examine and declared that i
will not survive on the illness because it has already occupied all my
health, I'm suffering for cancer of kidney since past 2019 till today, in
this reason i become afraid of life based on the final result of the test
from the hospital: Today i shared tears because my situation was so bad
that you can’t imagine to the extent that i was not allowed to speak with
anybody. However I decided to hand over this project Funds to you to build
a Charitable organization and wrote the name of my husband on the building.
My late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$ 19.5M (Nineteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) available under United Bank For
Africa and late husband has planed of a project in Establishing Charitable
Organization which he budgeted the sum ($19. 5Millon Dollars) to establish
it in abroad before he died, and this is the specifically reason i
contacted you. I have decided to hand you over this fund and you will
utilize this funds the way I am going to instruct herein. You take 30
Percent of the total Funds for your personal use While 70 Percent of the
money is to build a Charitable organization and help the orphanage. Because
I myself grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my family member.
kindly indicate your willingness by responding via my email id below (
ahmizmi9@gmail.com )
Your early reply is highly welcomed.
Best Regards,
Mrs Neama Izmir
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