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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:
- "ubaatmdepartment@qq.com" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" scams)
- "ubaatmdepartment@qq.com" (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: "United Nations" <unitednations@lee.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ubaatmdepartment@qq.com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 23:46:32 +0500
Subject: VERY URGENT DEAR BENEFICIARY!!!!!!
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not
understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for
the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to the
UNITED NATIONS have agreed to Compensate you with sum of $1.6 millions usd
and the fund have been arrange through MasterCard ATM which is the latest
instruction from Mr. Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary General Therefore be advice
to contact our representative Engr. Johnson Manui for the shipping of your
MasterCard ATM kindly forward your full delivery details to him through
his Email contact: (ubaatmdepartment@qq.com)
1 Full Name:....
2 Country:.....
3 Delivery Address:......
4 Telephone.....
5 Your Age....
Thanks
H.E. Mohan Sellhy
CC: Jim Yong Kim World Bank president
CC: Mr. Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary General
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