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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: "Dr.Lambert" <swaim9775@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: captainlambert.swaim@peoplepc.com
Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 17:14:26 +0100
Subject: READ YOUR MAIL
I am Capt/Dr.Lambert Swaim, in
4th Battalion, 64th Armored
Regiment unit in Patrols,
Afghanistan. I am desperately
in need of assistance and I
have summoned up courage to
contact you and i believe you
will not fail me. I am presently
in Afghanistan and I found your
contact particulars in an address
journal. I am seeking your
assistance to evacuate the
sum of $25M to you,as far as
I can be assured that it will
be safe in your care until I
complete my service here.This
is no stolen money and there
are no dangers involved.
Respectfully,
Capt.Dr. Swaim.
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