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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Transfer Investigation Unit" <danielaanderson30@yahoo.dk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: danielaanderson10@yahoo.dk
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 23:51:25 +0200 (EET)
Subject: RE: VERIFICATION OF FUND TRANSFER
Financial Service Authority
Transfer Investigation Unit.
London, England.
Attention:
RE: VERIFICATION OF FUND TRANSFER.
We are pleased to inform you that fund transfer amounted $1.5 Million
Dollars One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars was cleared from your
pending inheritance fund. The transfer was routed today to the account
beneficiary Mr. Oleg Pavel, Account number: 00082117 Sort code: 111368
Halifax Bank London England .
The Financial Service Authority Investigation Bureau investigates third
party transfer of this magnitude and for security reason we have sent
alert to Halifax Bank London England to deny further transfer/withdraw of
fund access from the account until we finish our verification from you. We
hereby requested a confirmation from you that you authorized Mr. Oleg
Pavel to receive the fund on your behalf.
We await your confirmation upon receipt of this mail.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Daniela Anderson.
Transfer Investigation Unit.
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