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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- 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.
- evalisa@dr.com (Dr; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- mr. peter white or mrs. eva lisa +233266361850 e-mail: evalisa@dr.com solomonmulti@diploma.com rachelred_r1@hotmail.com (Dr; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Remittance Department <remittance_m@msn.com>
Reply-To: <solomonmulti@diploma.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:00:19 +0000
Subject: Attention: of confirmation to us.
Attention: of confirmation to us.
We want to inform you if you send someone REV. MARK EDGECOMB
From Canada And one Miss N.P. Nzuza from Switzerland to Bank of Ghana this
morning they came on your behalf to our bank that we should transfer the funds
here in our bank to some account in Switzerland and we found that the name
presented was not correspond with the account here in our bank please kindly
reply us is very urgent. So we'll know the necessary actions. Although we have
tell them to come back Friday tomorrow morning for the procedure. Because there
are some contractors that came for contract here in Ghana and the contract was
not successful which Government Of Ghana ask us to refund back there money
please if you did not send these people please kindly reply us and lets have
your:.. Accra
Ghana…….
AMOUNT $2,950, Million USD.
Please we need your confirmation to us, if you sent any of
this people before we proceed further with them.
Sincerely
(Remittance Director)
Regards
Mr. Peter White or
Mrs. Eva Lisa
+233266361850
E-mail: evalisa@dr.com
solomonmulti@diploma.com
rachelred_r1@hotmail.com
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