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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.
- The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "pintorsorollaesq@gmx.es" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: "Hyundai Charity Donation Promotion" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pintorsorollaesq@gmx.es>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:12:25 +0100
Subject: Hyundai Motor Promotion
(AFP) Sep 16, 2007
SEOUL (AFP) - the head of South Korea's top auto maker Hyundai Motor has set up a committee to honour his pledge to donate about one billion Dollars to charity Individual and group rights.
Your E-mail ID was selected for $1,000,000:00 USD from the Hyundai charity World wide Donation draw competition no tickets where sold, for further detail go Through this site: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZmiE9o-PiIb9s4nS4hsQKfo2F_A
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims agent for more information's as regards procedures to claim your prize.
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Contact name: Mr. Pintor Sorolla
Tel/Fax Number: +34.917.903.561
Email: pintorsorollaesq@gmx.es
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Contact him by please providing him with your secret pin code H7pwyz2007 and your Reference Number Hyundai:2551256003/23 You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information's as soon as possible:
Names:__________
Mobile Phone Number: __________
Name of Beneficiary: ______________
Scanned Copy of Your International Passport/Driver's
License or any valid id Card:__________________
Country Presently At___________________________
Age/Marital status:__________________________
Gender:_______________________
Profession:__________________________
Home/Office Permanent address:_______________________
PLEASE SPECIFY FROM THE BELOW STATED MODE OF PAYMENT YOU PREFER:
1) DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY BY HAND AT YOUR DOOR STEPS
2) BANK TRANSFER VIA THE APEX BANK
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Yolanda Perez
Form Hyundai Management.
All reply copy to: hyundaicharitydraw.ch.tf
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