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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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- chevroletcarpromotions@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT <jpudom@gmail.com>
Reply-To: chevroletcarspromocash4u@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:26:16 +0700
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WINNING NOTIFICATION
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Promotions Department @Chevrolet Mail Lottery Promotion Award London {CCMLPAL}
In Reply Please Use Email:chevroletcarpromotions@gmail.com
@Chevrolet Car Mobile Lottery Promotion Award London {CCMLPAL}
Attn Award Winner,
We congratulate you for emerging as the award winner of the Chevrolet
Car Promotion Award Worth 750,000 {Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars} in year 2014 Splash Promo. This award is
conducted for us to promote and advertise our product worldwide.
Since We are one of the New leading car product in the world.
Your email emerges as the winner of our promotion after getting emails
from service providers where emails were selected randomly by our
computer ballot system and as such we wish to say congratulation on
behalf of the Chevrolet Company United Kingdom as the winner of our
promotion.
Be informed that your award has been insured for safety reasons to
avoid false claimants..
Your winning code Number is: AI629018XXX
CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RELEASE OF YOUR AWARDED PRIZE
Once again We say Congratulations.
Regards,
Glens Green
Claims Manager,
Chevrolet Claims Department
Email:chevroletcarpromotions@gmail.com
2014@Chevrolet Mail Lottery Promotion Award London {CCMLPAL}
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