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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Firefly Airline" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fireflyzairlines@my0511.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 15:09:31 +0100
Subject: Re
Firefly Penerbangan Malaysia
Pusat Operasi
Tingkat Mezzanine
Lapangan Terbang Pulau Pinang
11900 Bayan Lepas
Pulau Pinang Malaysia.
The January 2014 Big Apple Program Promosi Ulang Firefly telah dijalankan di Ibu Pejabat Asia Pacific Regional kami di sini di Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. The January 2014 Big Apple Program Promosi Ulang Firefly didaftarkan dan teratur selaras dengan Lembaga Permainan Asia (AGB) dan Dunia Akta Peraturan Loteri (WLRA).
Kami sangat senang untuk secara rasmi memaklumkan kepada anda bahawa Firefly Penerbangan Malaysia telah meluluskan alamat e-mel anda sebagai pemenang bertuah Big Apple Program Promosi Firefly Ulang kita untuk menerima jumlah pembayaran sebanyak $ 110,000,00 (Seratus Dan Seribu United State Dollar) dengan Bilangan Tiket email: BTS-01ABD-04-12-668 dan Nombor Rujukan: MY/221/10012 dalam batch B / 91.102 secara rawak menarik yang seterusnya dipilih alamat e-mel anda kerana ini tahun January 2014 pemenang bertuah.
Maka, nasihat untuk menghubungi Firefly Pegawai Penghantaran Syarikat Penerbangan Penjaga cek kemenangan kepada anda dengan maklumat berikut dinyatakan di bawah:
Firefly Big Apple Ulang Penghantaran Pegawai Hubungi Maklumat:
Hubungi Nama: Felix Romeo
Alamat e-mel: fireflyzairlines@my0511.com
Nama 1.Full: .......
Alamat 2.Residential: .....
3.Country: ......
4.Occupation: ......
5.Telephone: ...
Ikhlas,
Harris Yong
(Pengerusi)
Big Apple Ulang Jawatankuasa Pertubuhan Firefly
Dan bagi pihak Firefly Penerbangan Malaysia, Asia Pasifik.
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