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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: Evelyn Attah <evelyn5attah@katamail.com>
Reply-To: Evelyn Attah <evelyn5attah@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 09:17:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Donaci=F3n_de_la_Sra=2E_Evelyn_Attah=2C?=
Donación de la Sra. Evelyn Attah,
Estimado en Cristo,
Saludos
a usted y lo siento si este mensaje llegó a usted como una sorpresa. Mi
nombre es la Sra. Evelyn Attah. Soy viuda y me encontré con su
dirección de correo electrónico a través de Internet los datos de mi
esposo (fallecido Sr. Semion Attah).
Actualmente estoy admitido
en el hospital que sufre de cáncer. Tengo algunos fondos en el banco que
heredé de mi difunto esposo, la cantidad de $ 3.500.000 millones de
dólares. Deseo saber si puedo confiar en que usted utilice estos fondos
para la caridad / orfanato y el 20% irá a usted como remuneración. Por
favor volver a mí para que yo te voy a dar más detalles.
Mi español no es muy bueno y se puede escribir en inglés.
Suyo en el Señor,
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