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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: FBI <everymancatering@cox.net>
Reply-To: deafwins@gala.net
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 1:03:04 -0700
Subject:
Hello this is from the fbi law enforcement usa if you had been scam
before this is a help agent to you This is to let you know that all of you
who had lost money to scammers in africa and usa i let you know that
there is an quick opportunity for you all. mostly you lost money through
lottery. my name is FBI martins. i assure you that i will do all i can to get
your money back to you in 3 days okay. an opportunity to get your money
back I believe you know what scam means. i am a global scam fither in
CA 93535.we have all the global scam computer to trace all scammer
name and location okay...if you had sent money to africa you have a
chance to take 1 of them to courth because 1 of them had been caught.. if
you lost money or wins or deaf lottery contact us
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