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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 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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- 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!
- 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.
- bk-bkn@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: PHONES <list-bk@list.ru>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:51:08 -0500 (PET)
Subject: Phones
NOKIA PROMOTIONS
Holborn London EC1N 2ST.
UNITED KINGDOM.
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds (£500,000.00) in the 2013 promotion
which is organized by NOKIA every year as part of promotions for our brand of phones.
Nokia AWARD committee collects the email addresses of the people that are active online and use the collected email addresses for the
draws. We are happy to inform you that you are one of the Selected Winners.
Your winning number is: 54653-12
PAYMENT PROCESS
To begin the process of collecting your winning, you are requested fill the claim's form below and send to your claim's agent through email address: bk-bkn@bk.ru
Please note that the name of your claim's agent is Boris Alden.
CLAIMS'S FORM
1. Full Names:
2. Full Home Address:
3. Sex:
4. Nationality:
5. Age:
6. Current City:
7. Occupation:
8. Winning Email Address:
9. Phone Number:
10. Winning Number: 54653-12
Fill the above claims's form and send to Boris Alden who is your claim's agent through the email address below:
Email: bk-bkn@bk.ru
Yours Faithfully,
Cedric Collen.
Remember to send the filled form to your claim;s agent through the email affress: bk-bkn@bk.ru
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