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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: Evangelical Message <rev.georgepalm2@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: rev.georgepalm1@virgilio.it
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:59:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: 07/10/2011
Attn:
I am a Rev. who headed a parish in England for nine good years after
which i was sent as a missionary to Africa to rescue souls for Christ.
I have a
hidden secret when i was in London which i must let you know because I believe
you are going to work with me, apart from the parish account which is being run
by the parishioners i have a personal account of fiffteen milion dollars for my
self secretly the message came to me in the year 1999 just to help the less
privilege ones due to the crisis in the world today, and i want to make use of
80% of this money this time knowing that it is a Godly impart, i want a Godly
person to work with me by doing Gods work.
But know that this information
reviewed to you is by chance directed by God to you only as a secret, God bless
you.
Regards
Rev. George Palm.
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