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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- anitatomsi53@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: anita <anita90_9@libero.it>
Reply-To: anitatomsi53@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:58:47 +0100 (CET)
Subject: My Greetings To You,
My Greetings To You,
How are you today and how is life treating
you over there with your family and the atmosphere? by the grace of God i
believe you are having the best of the day and life is
treating you perfectly well and health wise over there, honestly i believe you
wouldn't be surprise receiving
this from me,my name is
Miss.anita tomsi and my Email address (anitatomsi53@yahoo.com) and it is my
desire to acquaint
you of my interest towards knowing you more and sharing some facts of
life
with you,life they say is well lived with full understanding of
it.Could you kindly get back to via my mail id so that you will get to
know me
better and also have my full details and photos.Thank you and i am looking
forward to
hearing
from you soonest.Have a blessed day over there and may the hand of God
rest upon you and your household.(anitatomsi53@yahoo.com) from anita
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