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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 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.
- wellsfargobank.com@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "WELLS FARGO BANK USA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wellsfargobank.com@bk.ru>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:48:11 -0700
Subject: Your TRANSFER Code. (WFU/200/105/09)
Attention,
i have completed the payment process for your fund and you are lucky that this last stage didn't request for any
fee payment because all the fee were taken care of by the bank to enable you receive what you have paid for over a
long period of time And it has already to been activated foryou to claim it at your location.
To view your total of fund online and the instruction to make a transfer to your account please Click this link
http://nesnel.net/wells/gbdoc/pdf_file/Dropbox.html
Login your current email address and password to view your fund online here in U.S.A
Remember you are not required to pay any other fee Once again,
CONGRATULATIONS
Yours sincerely,
Mr.John G. Stumpf.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Executive Officer of Wells Fargo Bank Plc
And Director of Wells Fargo Bank
wellsfargobank.com@bk.ru
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