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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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- samsung.wins@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "SAMSUNG"<samsung.europe@samsung.com>
Reply-To: <samsung.prizes@europe.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16.56.52 +0200
Subject: Galaxy Win Notice !!! Final Notice
Samsung Europe
Galaxy Office and Email Messaging Center
P.O Box 732
Delft-Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Telefax: 0031(084)-734-0001
www.samsung.com/europe
Galaxy Internet Win Notice !!! Final Notice.
Coupon Number: ADA/2427/NMA
Are you the owner of this email address?
Congratulations!!!
You have been selected for the Samsung Galaxy Internet Win for the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros
with a Samsung Galaxy Note4 have been awarded to your email from Samsung database of telephone and internet email
users from which your email was attached to the winning coupon number: ADA/2427/NMA.
CONTACT:
Claims Officer.
Smit Van Ego (Mr.)
Contact Email: samsung.wins@europe.com
Contact the notarization officer with your winning coupon number and required informations for your notarization
for transfer below.
Provide required informations:
Full Names:
Address:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Country of Residence:
Tel number:
Mode of Payment: (Bank Transfer or Bank Cheque)
Win Coupon Number: ADA/2427/NMA
Note that any leakage of this winning notification resulting to a double claim will automatically forfeit your
winning prize thus we advise you to keep this message confidential and away from public notice to prevent double
claim or impersonation until after remittance/payment to you.
Your Faithfully,
Amanda De Bruijn.(P.R.O)
Samsung Europe
(c) 2015 Samsung Europe. All rights reserved. Terms of use. Privacy Statement.
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