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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: favourbab girl <favourbabygirl@att.net>
Reply-To: favour_1987@live.com
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:29:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: deares friend
deares friend
my name is favour a lovely girl;
i was search today for friendship while i found your email(www.robinsweb.com) so don,t be
surprise i am not harmful please i will like to know about you,
your life and details and your present things now so i we also send you my photo
if you mail me to my new email (favour_1987@live.com)please if you really want to see the girl
that is writing follow the email so that you may be able to know me too; i like to be your friend
true friendship is what i seek of i am in my private box now waiting to see you if
i see you i will be happy to send you my all and all pictures and share some fun and others
waiting for you;
favour
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