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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: "DOREEN & JOHN HAY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <doreenandjohnhay@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:53:59 -0700
Subject: Re: 06/03/2014 Official Letter (Doreen Hay & John Hay)
Hello Dear,
We are officially writing to notify you that my Mum Doreen Hay & Myself John
Hay won £7.5million National Lottery jackpot on Sunday the 14th of Jan 2014.
This is a shocking news that left us dumfounded. After much thanksgiving and
praises we sad down and though of what to do. After much deliberation we
voluntarily decided to donate 500,000GBP each to 5 lucky individuals all over
the world in appreciation to what God has done for my Mum and myself.
Furthermore On the receipt of this email, you should count yourself as one of
the lucky blessed individuals / recipients. More so, do get back to me so that
we can send your details to the payout bank. (doreenandjohnhay@tvstar.com)
E-Mail: doreenandjohnhay@tvstar.com
Kindly visit the web pages below for further verification.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/john-doreen-hay-thornaby-teesside-3021439
Regards,
Doreen Hay & John Hay
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