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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.
- 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.
- charline.roker@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Mme Charline ROKER <cassiopeaviaggi@alice.it>
Reply-To: charline.roker@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:14:59 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Comment_portez-vous_cher_aim=C3=A9=3F?=
Bien aimé en Christ bonjour,
De nos jours, les prières valent du temps ,je me norme madame Charline ROKER.
Je souhaite vous léguer un fonds dont je vais vous en Parler dans mon message
qui va suivre bientôt si vous me répondez. Je n’aimerais pas aller plus
profonds dans mes paroles j'aimerais vous connaitre un peut plus avant que je
ne vous donne plus de précision veuillez vous présentez je veux vous connaitre
profondément car je suis entrain de subir une condition de vie très difficiles
parce que je souffre actuellement du cancer de cerveau depuis des années
actuellement je suis dans un hôpital ici a Londres en Angleterre. Je vais
essayer de rentrer plus dans les détails des que vous aurez à me répondre
merci beaucoup pour la compréhension.Voici mon adresse émail personnelle :
charline.roker@gmail.com,Cela va se servir pour qu’on s’écrire de temps en
temps.QUE DIEU VOUS BÉNISSE
Mme CHARLINE ROKER.
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