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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: Jim Edward <jimedward111@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: jimedward011@one.co.il
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 23:20:08 +0200
Subject: guter Freund
guter Freund
Es interessiert mich, Sie nach meinen Untersuchungen auf Ihrer
Fähigkeit und Aufrichtigkeit zu kontaktieren.
Ich bin Auditor General der Bank of Afrika Republik Benin Du Auf
meinem Routinekontrolle entdeckte ich ein ruhendes Konto mit der
Kaution in Höhe von ($ 9.6Million USD} von verstorbenen Herrn Stefan
Phillipp ohne Erben.
Ich schreibe, um Ihre Nachsicht und Unterstützung bei der Übertragung
von diesen Fonds in Ihr Land Konto mit legalen Mitteln zu suchen.
Lassen Sie mich wissen, wenn man damit umgehen kann.
Ich warte auf Ihre dringende Antwort.
Grüße,
Dr. Jim Edward.
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