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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 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!
Fraud email example:
From: mr robert standish <ds685928@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrrobertestand@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 04:23:38 +0100
Subject: DSOCIAL LOTTERY COMPANY
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Hello my name is mr robert.e.standish from dsocial lottery company.. I
will love to announce to you that your email account was on our
winning list..... This Program is promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of facebook ,dsocial lottery company and the Government
as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the aspect
that impacts peoples lifestyle worldwide and to meet the standard of
living of people.
we could remember your emails on our data base machine, you are one of
our winner.
A sophisticated automated database to randomly select E-mail accounts
that frequently surf the Internet. Consequent upon this, Your email
account was picked for category 'A' winners, you have been selected as
a winner. please fill the claim requirement form below to claim your
winning money now ...
Full name:
Full Home Address:
Your Age:
Sex:
Married/Single:
Text Number:
E-mail:
Deaf or Hearing:
Annual Income:
Do you want cash or check:
CONGRATULATION.....
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