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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: Vivian Doe <viviandoe30@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: vivian.doe@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:08:21 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hola con amor
Mi nombre es Vivian. y yo soy una chica joven y bella con lleno de amor y cariño. me complazco en contacto con usted después de pasar por su perfil en (www.scribd.com) mi búsqueda de la relación, de una manera especial me gustaría comunicarse con usted con el fin de conocerse bien para la introducción más si se comparte la misma opinión me voy a estar feliz de ver a su correo querida. edad o color, incluso a distancia no se puede negar el amor que tengo para ti. así que por favor le permite dar a nuestros uno mismo gracias juicio hasta que oigo de ti
En lo que respecta
vivian.
My name is vivian. and I am a young beautiful girl with full of love and caring. i am well pleased to contact you after going through your profile at(www.scribd.com) my search for relationship,in a specially manner i will like to further communicate with you so as to know each other well for more introduction if you share the same view with me i will be happy to see your mail my dear. age or colour even distance can't deny the love that i have for you. so please lets give our self a trial thanks till i hear from you
With regard
vivian.
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