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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: Charles Holiday <shunokayama@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Charles Holiday <marialuanda568@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:15:41 +0900 (JST)
Subject: HELLO
We officially notify you concerning your compensation approved fund of $1.5Million which has been uploaded in a Visa Atm Card to be deliver to you at your address, This fund has been officially approved to you by the management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) to credit the sum of US$1.5 Million in a Visa Atm Card.
Note that we have started processing your payment and every thing concerning the immediate remittance of your funds will be carried out within the shortest possible time from the time we received your information needed for the delivery of your fund Visa Atm Card.
Reconfirm the below information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong delivery of funds to a wrong person.
1. Your Full Bank Account Details, 2.Your Direct phone, 3.Your address of locations: 4.Your full name:
You are required to reconfirm directly to us the above information to enable us use it to process on the immediate delivery of your fund Visa Atm Card.
Yours Faithfully,
Charles Holiday
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