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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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:
- "foreign service manager" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- 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!
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- howelldavidwung777@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Teresa Marie Roberts" <>
Reply-To: howelldavidwung777@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:08:13 -0400
Subject: National Lottery Winning Notification !!!
The National Lottery
Office Address: 61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-
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We are happy to inform you via email that your email address emerged winner=
in the National Lottery Electronic mail jackpot during National Lottery an=
nual global random draw winning that took place in Atlanta USA, Your active=
e-mail address attached to our computer data base during the annual random=
draw generated winning ticket number : 56475600545188 as winnner of $2.5 m=
illion United State Dollar in the National Lottery second category proporti=
on draw.
For security reasons we advise winners to keep winning information confide=
ntial until they receive their winning, this is part of our protective secu=
rity measures to avoid claiming of your winning by third party with fake id=
entity. For more details about your winning prize contact the fiduciary age=
nt Mr. Howell David Wung for immediate processing of your winning by fillin=
g in the information below
Full Name : =
Home Address : =
Gender : male
Occupation : =
Nationality :
Age : =
Phone :
Telephone Number : =
Mr. Howell David Wung
Foreign Service Manager
E-mail: howelldavidwung777@gmail.com
Congratulations
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Online Co-coordinator
Teresa Marie Roberts
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y privileged. It is intended solely for the address and others authorized t=
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