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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: "DR.JOHN MARTINS" <martinsjohnk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martinsjohn036@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:58:56 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?b?S+RyYSA=?= =?iso-8859-1?b?duRuLA==?=
Barclays Bank PLC
28 High Street
Nottinghamshire
Storbritannien
NG1 2bd
Kära vän,
Mitt namn är John k. Martins och jag chefstjänsteman Barclays bank
nottingham, Storbritannien. Jag är gift med 3 barn.
Jag vill informera er om att jag behöver din brådskande hjälp. Summan
av 16,5 miljoner brittiska pund var kvar i min bank av den sena Hugo
Chavez, tidigare president i venezuela och jag var hans konton officer
tills han dog.
Jag träffade Mr chavez i venezuela 2008 och han skapade kontot i min
bank och informerade mig om att han ville investera i fastigheter i
Storbritannien.
Jag behöver att överföra pengarna från min bank till din bank så att
vi båda skall dela pengarna och jag behöver överföringen göras snarast.
Kontakta mig nu om du kan hjälpa mig och sända jag den nedan Detaljer
1} fullständiga namn och adress
2} adress
3} telefonnummer
Jag väntar att höra från dig nu.
John k.Martins
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