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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 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.
- allenlargesp@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: allenlargesppj@live.com
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:12:20 +0100
Subject: EMAIL FOR YOU: !!!
Subject: (?harity Project)
Hi,
This is a personal email to you.I and my wife won a Jackpot Lottery of $11.3 million in July and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $600,000 (Six hundred thousand dollars) to you as part of our own Charity Project to.This is to enable you help and improve the standard of living in your community.3 individuals all over the world are going to bebfit from this project.If you have received this email then you count yourself among the few lucky one choosen.All you have to do is get back to us,so that we can direct you to the payout bank.email your contact to our private email address (allenlargesp@yahoo.com)
You can verify by visiting the web pages below.
http://www.examiner.com/people-the-news-in-national/lottery-winners-give-away-11-million-cnn-reports
Regards,
Allen and Violet Large
Note Email Back To: ( allenlargesp@yahoo.com )
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