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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: "Mr. John Zuma" <Jsrose@sugardog.com>
Reply-To: john_zuma1@yahoo.co.za
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:21:03 -0400
Subject: JMV TEXTILES
Good Day
From JMV TEXTILES, We are one of the country=2019s leading Textile and Clo=
thing Manufacturers with a very big numbers of clients in Europe and Americ=
an continents, as a mater of fact we are desperately in need of representat=
ive in America who can act as our company=2019s fund collector from our cli=
ent(s) by wire or draft. We normally offer 7% of every total amount collect=
ed by our European Rep but because of high taxation in UK we have decided t=
o offer you 10% to act as our Representative, if you consider our offer we =
shall forward you more details/ volume of amount we receive in every two we=
eks and our representative's agreement. =
Mr. John Zuma
18 Republic Street
P.O. Box 300 Verulam Kwa-Zulu Natal
4340.
South Africa
http://www.jmvtextiles.co.za/
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