419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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: "Mr.Moore Russell Kevin" <a.romanini@ao-pisa.toscana.it>
Reply-To: m.russellkevin@gmx.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 11:25:43 +0200
Subject: I can make you winner of =?iso-8859-1?b?ozEyLDQ4Nyw1MDA=?= on this
ongoing Euro Million Lottery

Good day,

My name are Mr. Moore Russell Kevin , I work with the Euro Lottery.
I can make you winner of £12,487,500 on this ongoing Euro Million
Lottery this weekend. You will be giving me just 35% of your winnings.

As a brief,you have to register online,due to my position in the
company I can make it happen that you would be a winner.

Naturally, every body would like to play a lottery if they are assured
of winning.

I am assuring you today to be a winner, please do not take for granted
this once in a life time opportunity as we both stand to collectively
gain from this at the success of the transaction.

Should you be willing to assist me in this transaction please do
respond to e-mail: m.russellkevin@gmx.co.uk

Regards,
Mr.Moore Russell Kevin

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