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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- skyfinance01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: info@sama-alimad.com
Reply-To: skyfinance01@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:09:57 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?b?0J3QlSDQodCe0J/Qo9Ci0KHQotCS0KPQrtCp0JjQlSDQmtCg0JXQlNCY0KI=?=
=?utf-8?b?0KsgKNCy0YHQtSDRgNC10LPQuNC+0L3Riyk=?=
AAD0C5C4C8D2DB!AAD0C5C4C8D2DB!AAD0C5C4C8D2DB! A5D1CBC8 D3 A2C0D1 D4C8CDC=
0CDD1CEC2DBC5 CFD0CEC1CBC5CCDB, CFC8D8C8D2C5 C8 D3C6C5 C7C0C2D2D0C0 CCDB CF=
CECCCEC6C5CC C8D5 D0C5D8C8D2DC. AAD0C5C4C8D2DB CED2 $10,000.00 -20,000,000.=
00 . CFCEC4 2% C2 C3CEC4CEC2CEC9. (D0C5C0CBDCCDCE D0C0C1CED7C8C9 CFD0CED6C5=
CDD2). A1C5C7 C7C0CBCEC3C0 C8 CFCED0D3D7C8D2C5CBDF, C2CEC7CCCEC6CDCE C1C5C7=
D1CFD0C0C2CAC8 CE C4CED5CEC4C0D5.: skyfinance01@gmail.com
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