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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "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)
- 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.
- carsonfadey@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Carson Fadey <carsonfadey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:48:57 +0100
Subject: URGENT ! URGENT !! URGENT !!! URGENT !!!! URGENT !!!!!
Good day Mr/Mrs i found your email contact on google search my name
is Carson Fadey i am 49 years old i have a business proposal of 3.6
million dollars for you i am a widower with no child my father is from
Ukraine and my mother from Canada knowing that i lost both of my
parents at a very tender age and was adopted by some old childless
couple who raise me up as their own child and show me parental love
they take me to military academy and made me the man i am today i
belong to the Ukraine military force recently there is an ongoing War
between our country Ukraine and our neighboring country Russia this
has being a big lost for both citizens and foreigners as a matter of
fact many people has loss their lives, businesses and funds due to
this war it happened recently in one of our patrol i luckily come
cross a huge amount of money in house of a victim who lost his entire
family to war the total sum of 3.6 million dollars i secretly hide
the money without the notice of anyone and lock the money with
password inside a strong metal box for safety purpose because i
can't deposit the money inside my bank account i will be jailed for it
by the government for having so much money inside my Bank account that
is the reason i have to send the money out of the country because the
money is not safe here i need your assistance to evacuate this money
the sum of $ 3.6 million USD out of Ukraine over to you in your
country because i have no relative or friends outside the country and
with this kind of money i want to quite the military and find my way
out of the country and i don't want anyone body to know about it here
in Ukraine because i will get into trouble for it and also it's
impossible for me to travel out of the country alongside with this
huge amount of money i am going to offer you 40% percent of this money
if you agree to receive this money i will send it over to you in your
country through a secured shipping company delivery service because
Ukraine is banned to send money abroad through bank to bank transfer
as a result of this war my dear friend consider this as opportunity
and blessing that come your way if you are interested kindly send over
your information to my personal email me as listed below so we can
proceed further email > carsonfadey@gmail.com
full Name
home address
phone number
county and state
age
occupation
copy of i,d card or driving license
best Regard
Carson Fadey
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