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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.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Fraud email example:
From: BARRISTER COLLINS <barrister.collinss@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: barrister_collinss@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:59:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: TO VICTIMNAME
Please did you know about this man Mr Milan Das .because our benin republic federal Govt received him today 24/3/2010 to calim your atm card and he drop massage that you not life again, and he calim that he is your brother.so now we told him to give us only today and tomorrow for invesgation, so now try know that you want to lose your atm card $7.5MILLION USD because of only $60 which you supposed to pay, try and get back to us if you know that you not dead and try send this $60 as urgent as today.BARRISTER COLLINS .M SEND US THIS $60 WITH THIS INFORMATION RECEIVER NAME MR JEVIZU NNAMDI COUNTRY BENIN REPUBLIC
here below is the address he subminted to us to calim your atm card
My name is SMilan Das 97 TENNYSON DRIVE PLAINSBORO NJ 085363007
OPEN THIS ATTCHMENT AND SEE HIS NEW JERSEY Drivers License
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