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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "butterfieldbnkonline01@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Mark Zuckerberg" <facebook@info.org>
Reply-To: Butterfieldbnkonline01@live.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:49:51 -0400
Subject: Congratulations !!!
Congratulations !!!
We are very happy to inform you that your name appear on the face book lottery
promotion and you have just won the Sum of $50,000. U.S Dollars(Fifty thousand
United State Dollars).
Your name was selected in a raffle that was made 22nd of June 2011 so we
need your fast response so that we can proceed with the delivery of your funds.
Your name was selected by Mr Mark Zuckerberg the CEO of Face book (Founder &
Chief Executive Officer ) The promotion was made to make all face book user
benefit from the gain and the company Named face book is the first and ever
largest means of meeting both old and new friends.
The promo was done to serve as a means of appreciation to visitors on our site
and also to help people to fight off poverty and to maintain the standard of
living.
Note: These is 100% Real and Legal and any user of the Face Book who is not
interested should not bother to reply and shouldn't reply with an abusive word
back to our Staff.
You are advised to contact the payment department with these following
information Below,
Full Name:
Occupation:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip/postal Code:
Mobile Number:
Here is the bank you have to contact so they can transfer your fund into your
account immediately:butterfieldbnkonline01@live.com
Kindly get back to us to claim your fund.
Thank you.
Greg Holmes for CDAA
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