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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: "ali.bahaddu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <riokenneth@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:43:17 +0300
Subject: GOOD NEWS
Hello Dear.
I hope you are doing well? My name is Rio Kenneth, a Senior Financial Consultant from the United Kingdom.
I am contacting you in regards to a confidential matter which involves my client as He is one of the Russian Oligarchs, both the United Kingdom/European Union and the USA froze some of his assets.
He needs your help in receiving 80 Million USD in one of the Uk Banks which the government is not aware of. All legal documents stating you as His representative will be presented to the bank.
Kindly contact me as soon as possible and I will provide you with more details for agreements and how to move forward.
If this business proposition offends your moral values kindly accept my apology.
Kind regards,
Rio Kenneth
Senior Financial Consultant
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