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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 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.
- cute1ruthy@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- of origin. yours sincerely, ms ruth kings. email: cute1ruthy@gmail.com verification officer. contact legal head leonard kovoc (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: RUTH KINGS <cute1ruthy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 10:46:25 +0100
Subject: MERRY XMAS
World Bank Group
24 Cleve Ridge Court
RG 50 7TP Reading
United Kingdom.
Dear Esteemed Beneficiary,
World Bank in collaboration with International Monetary Fund had
approved the sum of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($3.5M) for you as compensation for being scammed by some Hoodlums
that were apprehended by the Security Operatives. From the records
handed over to us after they were interrogated, we found out that your
funds had not been released to you for the past eleven years now,
hence the Board had mandated that Ten of such Victims of which you are
included should be compensated accordingly.
In the same vain, you are given Thirty (30) working days from the day
you received this notice to comply with the directives as to make your
claim or have the Compensation cancelled, reason because we still have
other people in Batches B & C to attend to in other to meet up the
time frame given to us for this exercise.
Send the followings to the Legal Department for proper vetting and
verification in other to help us ascertain the rationale behind the
delay in your payment.
1.Full name
2.Contact/Residential Address
3.Telephone numbers
4.Occupation
5.Age
6.Sex
7.country of origin.
Yours Sincerely,
Ms Ruth Kings.
Email: cute1ruthy@gmail.com
Verification Officer.
CONTACT LEGAL HEAD
Leonard Kovoc Esq.
Legal Dept.
Email: leonardkovoc@gmail.com
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