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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <2740036869@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 04:59:11 -0800
Subject: GOOD NEW
My name is Mrs Joyce Smith, a newly inaugurated United Nations Compensation Commission Agent (UN), from the U.S.A Treasury Department. My committee has a mandate to release all the transfer that was stopped and send to an account in Federal Reserve bank opened by the U.S.A Treasury Department to send the fund. This is to inform you that your awaiting payment of $2 Million dollar have be approved by the United States authority for the Final time and Federal reserve system Texas. Your payment have also be created and approve for release. Your fund is presently on a Escorw online account awaiting clearance. Please provide the below information to verify your information, so that your claim will not be release to wrong person. First name: Last name: Address: Tell: Mobile number: Occupation: Awaiting your prompt respond. Yours Faithfully. Mrs. Joyce Smith United State Reserve System.
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