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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: World Bank Group/Payment Approved <autaskforce1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: autaskforce5@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 05:08:23 -0700
Subject: OVERDUE PAYMENT ORDER/APPROVED BY WORLD BANK
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My dear,
World bank attached auditors in Africa and have referred your Long
Overdue
Contract Payment to Inter-bank Settlement in Europe to settle you by
swift
transfer.
The decision to pay your overdue contract funds through Inter-bank
settlement in Europe is to avoid delays caused by corrupt government
officials and bank
officers in Africa who are trying to divert your payment for their
private
use.
I have been mandated to inform you about new approval of your over-due
contract payment plans, and to get your current data i.e. your full
names,
your
residential address and your account coordinate to pay you from
Inter-bank
settlement in Europe.
I await your speedy reply for further details.
Best regards,
Mr. Anthony
+1 423(299)-1484
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