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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: "Mrs.Amla Pradeep" <info@lee.com>
Reply-To: <amlapradeep@live.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:07:38 -0700
Subject: Glory Be To God
I am sorry to encroach into your privacy. i know you will find it difficult to be believe and accept my proposal due to the high rate of internet Hoax distributing all such of emails to individual and organization.
I want to let you know that i am real as i got your information on Google search engine and it please me to offer you business proposal that will be in a great benefit to you and the
orphanage .
please get back to me so that i can give you all the details of the business.Kindly contact me on amlapradeep@live.com
Mrs.Amla Pradeep.
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