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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: limda clifford <limdaclifford65@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lindacliford08@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 08:10:12 -0300
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT
Dear Love One,
I saw your email address through an online business directory during
my search for an honest person and I contacted you personally because
I seriously needed your assistance. My name is Linda Clifford; I am 20
years old girl and the only child of my late parents Mr. and
Mrs.Michel Clifford. My father worked for many years with an oil and
gas drilling company and he deposited the sum of Two million, Five
hundred thousand dollars (2 .5 M US$) in my name before he died in
2018 and during this deposit, my father had an
agreement with the bank that the money will not be given directly to
me until I am 25 years of age
or above. Please I want you to help me transfer this money to your
bank account for investments and also help me come over to your
country to continue my education because my uncle wants to kill me and
collect my inheritance money from me because I am a little girl. I
have reported him to the local Police of my country (Ivory Coast) but
the
Police have not done anything to help me since then and
my life is at big risk here in my country. I am writing this mail to
you from a local hotel where I am presently hiding for my safety until
I travel out from my country after the transfer. I am willing to offer
you 20% of the total funds as compensation for your help after the
transfer and I want you to reply me urgently if you accept to help me
so that I will send you more details.
Lastly I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used
for that purpose.I await your response as soon as you could.
Regards
Linda Clifford
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