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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Charles Dada" <cdada58@bog.gov.gh>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:14:21 +0100
Subject: *****SPAM***** [SPAM] Your Funds Are Available
This mail is probably spam. The original message
has been attached intact in RFC 822 format.
Content preview: I am Dr. Charles Dada I work with the Telex computer department
of the Bank Of Ghana.I took time to study your file and I found out that
you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and but the fund was not released to you.What
you have in yor file are mere photocopies.which are not really visible. [...]
Content analysis details: (20.2 points, 6.3 required)
3.5 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 100%
[score: 1.0000]
0.0 RDNS_NONE Delivered to trusted network by a host with no rDNS
1.3 MISSING_HEADERS Missing To: header
1.5 MILLION_USD BODY: Talks about millions of dollars
4.0 DCC_CHECK Listed in DCC (http://rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/)
3.0 RCVD_IN_XBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus XBL
[80.87.92.56 listed in zen.spamhaus.org]
2.5 RCVD_IN_PSBL RBL: Sender is listed in PSBL
[80.87.92.56 listed in psbl.surriel.com]
1.2 ADVANCE_FEE_2 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
3.1 FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook
-0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list
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