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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: Fund Clearing Department <fundclearing1@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Fund Clearing Department <barclaysbankplc@mcom.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:55:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention:
Attention:
We officially notify you of 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 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. Provide the below informations. 1. Your Direct phone, 3.Your address of locations: 3.Your full name:
We shall proceed on the immediate delivery of your fund Visa Atm Card as soon as we receive the required informations, and be informed that you are not the only person to receive this compensation approved fund and that is the reason why we try to send this message notification to all the beneficiaries in the list at the same time.
Yours Faithfully,
Charles Holiday
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