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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 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.
- bnlclaims0211@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Online Co-ordinator <dr20975@charter.net>
Reply-To: richardcook@shqiptar.eu
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:13:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?SU_EMAIL_GAN=C3=93_=C2=A3_1,500,000_libras?=
Su e-mail ganó la suma de £ 1,5 millones de BRITISH LOTERÃA NACIONAL
EMAIL LOTTO.The boleto ganador fue seleccionado de una Base de Datos de
Usuarios de Internet de correo electrónico, de su Dirección qui leva a
cabo como el cupón ganador. Por la presente le instamos a reclamar el
ganador Monto rápidamente ya que esto es una loterÃa mensual. El fracaso
para reclamar su victoria se traducirá en una reversión del fondo a
nuestro mes siguiente. Por lo tanto, se ruega ponerse en contacto con el
Departamento de Reclamaciones por debajo de salida inmediatamente
citando número ganador: CÓDIGO NÚMERO DE-09 14 26 28 30 45 38
Contacto: Sr. Richard Cook
DÃgale: +447937429746
E-mail: bnlclaims0211@gmail.com
Proporcione la siguiente información necesaria para procesar su reclamo
ganar.
1.El nombre:
2.Full Dirección:
Estado 3.Marital:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country de residencia
9.Telephone Número:
Enhorabuena una vez más.
Saludos, Mrs.Elizabeth Grethe
Departamento de Reclamaciones ..
LOTERÃA DE B
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