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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "you are advice to " (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!
Fraud email example:
From: ADN GRUPO IMPRESA =?iso-8859-1?b?RVNQQdFB?=
<arodriguez@cintel.org.co>
Reply-To: adneurogrup@ymail.com
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:57:22 -0500
Subject: Good Day
ADN GRUPO IMPRESA ESPAÑA
C/RETAMA 101,28045 MADRID SPAIN.
TO: FILE MVD/ 7474397901/09
CASH CREDITED TO FILE
MVD/ 7474397901/09
THE LOTTERY BOARD HEAD OFFICE. (LBHO)
Good Day,
This is to specially inform you that we the Board Of Directors(B.O.D) from ADN
grupo impresa españa in collaboration with the Euro Million Lottery Board
(E.M.L.B)/National Lottery Board(N.L.B) wish to announce to you the release of
your ?880,000.00(Eight Hundred And Eighty Thousand Euro) winning?s.
Euro Million Lottery Board (E.M.L.B)/National Lottery Board (N.L.B)
decided not
to send your winnings to you as a mode of Check due to long period hold that
banks do placed on international checks and also for security reasons, Please
you are advice to send us your contact information through our via email for
verification before the check can be deposited to the paying Bank.
ADN GRUPO IMPRESA ESPAÑA
C/RETAMA 101,28045 MADRID SPAIN.
Direct Phone: 00(34)-954-922-892
Email:adneurogrup@ymail.com
Thanks for your understanding.
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Vera Gómez
Financial Co-ordinator
ADN Grupo España.
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