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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.
- ewedwindebrah022@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Ewedwin Debrah <ewedwindebrah@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: ewedwindebrah022@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:14:12 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Attention Dear sir.
Attention Dear sir.
I am Mr Ewedwin T Debrah a citizen of Ghana, I work with the South-Gate Credit Bank Accra-Ghana. I have the information to the existence of an abandoned big sum of money in my department belonging to a late customer Mr.Abirad Missionary . The fund is now without any claim because Mr.Abirad Missionary. died in a deadly earthquake in Japan in 2011 without any recorded Next of kin in his official papers.
The transaction will be of great mutual benefit to us.Simply send me your reply of interest so that I will give you the details .
I contacted you because you have the same surname and you are in the same country where this man came from.Should you be interested? Send me your email address and telephone number to my private email below to explain the details to you.
My Email (ewedwindebrah022@hotmail.com)
Best Regards,
Mr.Ewedwin T Debrah
South-Gate Bank.
Accra-Ghana
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