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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: "RBC Royal Bank" <email@e.email-rbc.com>
Reply-To: carriejerry3@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:48:49 -0400
Subject: RBC Alerts: Invalid Login Attempt From 23.100.61.209
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Your entry to the RBC Email Address Contest has been received. =
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You are receiving this email because we have updated our online banking =
system. =
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This email also confirms your entry for the RBC new system update, where=
you need to confirm and update your account to our new system database. =
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By entering the link below, you are going to login into your account the=
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please click on this link to update your account. =
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You have received this email at noreply@rbc.com because you are a custo=
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To ensure delivery to your inbox (and not to your junk or bulk mail folde=
rs), add email@e.email-rbc.com to your address book. =
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