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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: ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA <marketing@binec.ru>
Reply-To: ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA <mrs.mputuzhule@e-mail.ua>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:23:04 +0400 (MSK)
Subject: VERY URGENT INFORMATION
ATTENTION:
WE ARE OBLIGED TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN RESOLVING ALL RELATED PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN HINDERING YOUR UNPAID FUND VALID TO THE TUNE OF US$ 9.500,000 WITH THE HELP OF I.M.F IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORLD BANK AUDITORS WHO HAVE RENDERED A TREMENDOUS HELP TO THIS EXERCISE, GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS ON HOW THE PART APPROVED FUND CAN BE INSTANTLY RELEASED TO YOU BY ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA ONLINE FACILITY.
REGARDS.
Mrs. MPUTU ZHULE
DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT/ONLINE BANKING
DEPARTMENT ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA
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