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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: "Mr.Walter Suare" <mr.waltersuare1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: waltersuarez@aim.com
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:15:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Attention: E-mail Owner,
Dear,
My name is Mr. Walter Suarez; I
work with the Federal Ministry of works and housing here in Spain. I am
under political Appointment with the present government in power
My aim of contacting you is to collaborate with me to transfer the sum
of (9.5 Million Euros) Nine Million Five hundred thousand Euros into your
personal bank account in your country of origin for investment purposes.
I am going to invest this money
in your country through your assistance and help, whereby you are going to be
my Invest Manager. Please when replying I want you to tell me the type of
investment that will be encourage for us to invest so that we can talk about
the conditions.
Please send your phone number and I will call you OR, Please email me
back to this email address: waltersuarez@in.com
1) Your age............
2) Your full name and address........
3) Your marital status.........
4) Your occupation/Profession.......
5) Your direct telephone.......
6) Your Fax numbers........
Thanks and yours sincerely,
Mr. Walter Suarez
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