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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: UNICEF MONDE <unicefmonde@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 11:39:31 +0100
Subject:
Wenn Sie wirklich brauchen dieses Darlehen müssen wir beschleunigen
Verfahren in den Besitz der Mittel in einer Woche.
So sollten Sie mir die folgenden Informationen zur Verfügung zu stellen
gründen Sie Ihre Datei und senden Sie es an den Kontrollraum für das Gesamt
Studie:
Familie: ...............................................
Name: ...................................
Land: ................................................ .der
gepäckabgabeschalter
Stadt .........................................
Adresse: .......................................
Telefonnummer: ...
Personalausweis oder Reisepass ...
Kontonummer ...
IBAN: ................................................ . .... der
gepäckabgabeschalter
BIC: ................................................ . ............ der
gepäckabgabeschalter
Diese Informationen helfen uns bei der Identifizierung Ihrer Platte und
seine
Vorbereitung auf die Ãbertragung von Mitteln.
Erwarten Sie lesen sehr schnell.
GruÃ
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