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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: Miss Abars <missabars4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Miss Abars <elizabethsimba24@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:51:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON.
How are you today and how is life treating
you over there with your family and the atmosphere? by the grace of God i
believe you are having the best of the day and life is
treating you
perfectly well and health wise over there, honestly i believe
you wouldn't
be surprise receiving
this mail from me,my name is Miss.Elizabeth and
it is my desire to acquaint
you of my interest towards knowing you
more and sharing some facts of
life with you,life they say is well
lived with full understanding of it.Could you kindly get back to via my
mail id so that you will get to know me
better and also have my full
details and photos.Thank you and i am looking forward to
hearing from
you soonest.Have a blessed day over there and may the hand
of God rest upon you and your household.
From
Sister,Elizabeth.
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