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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "lindalesserll12@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: Nelson Aleem <nelsonalm000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 07:46:30 -0700
Subject: read
Dear Beneficiary,
I am Linda Lesser from Canada,a foreign representative in Africa
assigned to check mate illegal dealings between you and the dishonest
officer who denied you your payment of $15.5M for so many year now
out of wickedness and greed.
In the recent investigation observed in the UK,we detected some
outstanding funds with bank belonging to you,the bank almost abscond
with your funds due to your inability to observe the whole authority
procedure that would have giving you legitimate access for your
claims of your funds
You are hereby advised to re-confirm your details to us immediately
to enable us process your payment immediately with the bank.
Pls Endeavour to reply me on this email address, lindalesserll12@outlook.com
for durther details.
I await your immediate response.
Ms.Linda Lesser.
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