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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: Mrs Rebecca Taylor <mrsbecca1@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: mrsbecca@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 10:42:12 -0500
Subject: help the poor
Dear beloved friend,
I am Mrs.Rebecca Taylor .I am married to Mr.Alfred Taylor who served as an Archdeacon,here in ivory coast for twelve years before he died in 2006. We have been doing our best to promote charity work anywhere the Lord laid us to.
I have been having Cancer and now my doctor has confirm to me that i would not last for the next 16 Weeks due to the cancer illness.I need a trustworthy someone whom I will give my late husbands money which he deposited in the security company to help me establish a charity organization,thanks
Yours sincerely
Mrs Rebecca taylor
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