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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. X"
Reply-To: <CAISSEDEPARGNENORM@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:55:12 -0700
Subject: Attn:The Owner of this E-mail
Sir/Madam.
We are pleased to inform you of the result which was just concluded this month.
Final draws of UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY PROGRAMS. The lottery draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 11,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an Advanced Automated Random Computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of ten winners of ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS { £1,000,000.00 GBP } in the category. Kindly contact your claim agent with below details.
Your Reference No: WIN/N015-1000-P and Batch No: 12/WAZA/76/WAZA
Contact the paying bank SAVINGS BANK NORMANDY on this details .
Contact Person DR NADINE PEEL
email : { CAISSEDEPARGNENORM@qq.com }
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO CLAIM YOUR FUND
NAME: ________________________________________
ADDRESS: ________________________________________
COUNTRY: ______________________________
PHONE: ________________________________________
MOBILE: ___________________________________________
SECOND EMAIL: ___________________________
OCCUPATION_____________________________________
He will instruct you on how to claim your prize and more details.
Congratulations once more.
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MRS JOEAN WOOD
LOTTERY PROGRAMS OFFICER
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