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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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- del0033pilar@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Maria DEL PILAR <mp66750@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <del0033pilar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:26:54 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT / MARIA
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Bonjour à vous,
Acceptez et tolérez mon intrusion peu décente dans votre messagerie.Je
m'appelle DEL PILAR REZOLA de nationalité Française, je suis
importatrice d’or d'Afrique de profession.C'est dans le cadre d'une
donation que je vous contacte car je suis malade.Je veux mettre à votre
disposition une petite fortune que je veux investir dans des Å“uvres
humanitaires,Mais
compte tenu de mon état de santé je ne pourrai plus m'en occupé
personnellement.J'ai donc besoin de quelqu'un ayant la crainte de DIEU
pour amener à bien ce projet.Je vous pris d'accepter cette offre afin
d'aider les plus démunis car " NUL N'A LE DROIT D’ ÊTRE HEUREUX TOUT
SEUL "
Pour en savoir plus sur ma donation adressez-moi une réponse sur mon
e-mail: del0033pilar@gmail.com
QUE DIEU VOUS BÉNISSES
DEL PILAR REZOLA
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