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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 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.
- samsungunitedkingdom@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <samsungunitedkingdom@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:21:29 +0800
Subject: SAM SUNG PRODUCTS PROMOTION
SAMSUNG INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
118 MIDDLE ROAD RUSSEL
MIDLEVEL BIRMIGHAM
CENTRAL LONDON
CONGRATULATION
YOU ARE SELECTED AS ONE OF OUR PRODUCT BENEFICIARY IN OUR GENERAL INTERNET MARKETING
ON OUR PRODUCTS WHICH WE WANT TO PUT INTO THE HAND OF MILLIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD AS PART OF OUR MARKETING
STRATEGY AND A GLOBAL BRAND
WE ENTER EUROPEAN MARKET TO PENETRATE DEEP WITH SAMSUNG BRAND IN EVERYHOUSE HOLD
TO ARCHIVE IT OUR LONDON OFFICE HAVE GIVEN OUT MILLIONS OF GIFT AND YOU ARE AMONG THE
SECOND CATEGORY WINNERS WHICH INCLUDE
1.SAMSUNG LAPTOP COMPUTER
2.SAMSUNG 2010 LATEST PLASMA TV 29INCH
3.SAMSUNG NIXON170 CAMERA
4.SAMSUNG TOUCH SCREEN MOBILE PHONE Jack? (SGH-i637
5.Samsung Home Theater Systems
TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING ITEMS
YOU HAVE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING DETAILS FOR OUR CONFIRMATION
1;YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR ADDRESSE
3.TELEPHONE
4.DATE OF OF BIRTH
5;PROFFESION
6;RELIGION
7;EDUCATION
8;ANY SAMSUNG PRODUCT IN YOUR HOUSE ; GIVE DETAILS IF ANY
9;HAVE YOU USE ANY SAMSUNG PRODUCTS
10;WHICH MEDIA DID YOU HEAR ABOUT SAMSUNG
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLWOING DETAIL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY AND NOTE THAT OUR OFFICE HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REFUSE OR CANCEL ANY CLAIM WITHOUT NOTICE AS THIS IS JUST FOR MARKETING PURPOSE
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTION
AND REPORT ANY UNOFFICIAL OR MISGIVING
YOU OBSERVE IN THIS PROMOTION
SAMSUNG YOUR PARTNER IN PROGRESS
SMITH BOWEL
SAMSUNG INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
118 MIDDLE ROAD RUSSEL
MIDLEVEL BIRMIGHAM
CENTRAL LONDON
samsungunitedkingdom@yahoo.com
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