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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "BANK OF AMERICA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bo1a@boa.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:53:48 +0100
Subject: WE APOLOGIZE,PLEASE RELOGIN FOR YOUR TRANSFER
This is to inform you that we have concluded plans to finally transfer your fund to you but we cannot make this transfer without hearing from you and confirming that you are ready to accept the fund.We are also aware of the issues you had with the various department asking for money which has been resolved at the moment and we would advise you get back to this office immediately so that we can move ahead for the transfer.You are not expected to make anymore payment whatsoever on this transfer for any reason because as we speak the fund is ready to be transferred to any of your nominated Bank account or delivered to your doorstep as you wished.
Please download the attachment and make sure you login this your email ID and Password to confirm you are the through beneficiary of the funds.You should not worry for this file is encrypted and your information is secured.We therefore urge you to proceed now and login this your email information and every other email information you have been scammed from and then you will get access too your transfer code number which you will go to your bank with for them to confirm you are expecting a transfer.Please make sure you use the correct email information t login in.Congratulations Attached is your transfer slip.
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