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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.
- 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.
- vallery.depaul@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: VALLERY DEPAUL <ana.lasalvia@aleam.gov.br>
Reply-To: "vallery.depaul@yahoo.com" <vallery.depaul@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:28:14 -0400 (AMT)
Subject: Bonjour
Bonjour
Je suis VALLERY DEPAUL né le 08 JUILLET 1939 à Toulouse de nationalité Française.
Si je vous adresse ce mail, sachiez que c'est l'?ouvre de DIEU qui m'a amené
Ã
vous choisir parmi tant de mails archives sur le net pour vous confier cette
grande responsabilité dont je suis convaincu que vous allez prendre comme une
bénédiction et un Don venant d'une femme de bonne foi Je n'ai pas eu d'enfant.
Mon plus grand souhait que vous pouvez m'apporter est de rester en prière avec
moi car je sais que vous êtes un croyant. Je ne voulais pas quitter cette terre
sans se rendre compte que mon argent aidera les enfants démunis, pauvres,
orphelins et autres, un grand soulagement . Cette responsabilité est lourde Ã
prendre mais je vous offre cette somme (Un million cinquante mille dollars us (1050.000 $) pour
que vous la gérer comme si c'était la votre dans l'intérêt de réaliser mes
voeux
les plus chers au monde. Parfois, je me demande pourquoi mon existence sur la
planète terre car j'ai vécu inutilement bien aimé. Écrivez-moi directement Ã
mon adresse mail que voici ( vallery.depaul@yahoo.com)
Je suis hospitalisée dans un
hôpital au Londres
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