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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: Reserve Bank of India <ilovehasehouse@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Reserve Bank of India <rbiremittance.org@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 04:25:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: NEW DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT US$2.8 MILLION
We are this morning received an instruction from the Ministry of Finance to release your Overdue Payment worth US$2.8 Million through our Online Banking therefore you are required to provide the following data’s with immediate effect.
Your Full Bank Details
Your Home Address
Your Phone Number
Please do provide the above information perfectly because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a wrong account.
Yours in Service
Dr. Ali Wilson
Tel:Â +919643196973
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