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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "mishrasabeena@yahoo.in" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "mishrasabeena@yahoo.in" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. ELIZABETH TAYLOR" <uuser@ernest356.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <mishrasabeena@yahoo.in>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 05:01:18 +0530
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE: Did You Authorize Mr Ashok Sharma to claim your price?
THE SECRETARY GENERAL
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
777 44th St, New York, NY 10017, United States.
Ref: UN-UNDP-2013
Your attention please,
This is to inform you that the United Nations Committee on REWARD/COMPENSATION have selected you for the year 2013 program. The Microsoft through a careful world wide web gathering of data made a very careful electronic base selection and you happen to become the luckiest winner and therefore the United Nations will be rewarding you with the sum of US$2.5million.
The reason why this program is set up is to reward the hard work and diligence of people around the world and particularly the people of your country are hard working and therefore deserve both financial and human encouragement.
As you know that the United Nations is NOT a banking or financial institution, we have hired the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA to handle your payment on our behalf. The name of the contact person in RESERVE BANK OF INDIA is Ms Sabina Mishra.
You are by this notice to contact the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA official with her detail below:
Contact Person: Ms Sabina Mishra
E-mail: mishrasabeena@yahoo.in
Furnish him with your detail as below:
Your Name(s) in full:
Your Contact Address:
Your Mobile phone no:
Occupation:
Sex:
Age:
Fill the above and send to: (mishrasabeena@yahoo.in)
Accept our thanks.
Regards,
Dr Elizabeth Taylor
Director for United Nations Committee on REWARD/COMPENSATION
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