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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:
- "rolandpea14@outlook.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: Adrian Bayford y esposa Gillian Premio Caridad
<rolandpea2004@outlook.com>
Reply-To: rolandpea14@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:20:25 -0300
Subject: Estimado usuario de correo =?UTF-8?Q?electr=C3=B3nico?=
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Estimado usuario de correo electrónico
Mi esposa y yo ganamos £ 148 millones de libras el año pasado, y nos han
hecho mucho de la donación de caridad, asà que deciden dar EUR 1Million
cada 5 individuos afortunados este 2014, por suerte para usted, su
correo
electrónico fue dada a nosotros por la dirección como Google uno de
nuestros afortunados beneficiarios. Estamos muy felices para usted y su
familia.
ver http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19254228
EnvÃe su nombre y apellidos: Dirección: y el número de teléfono:
Felicitaciones y celebraciones felices en Advance, para su posterior Pea
info.Contact Roland vÃa e-mail rolandpea14@outlook.com
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