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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "ipcmiddleeast12@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "ipcmiddleeast12@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- 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: Mrs.Janet Obeid <ipcmiddleeast2@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <ipcmiddleeast12@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 03:38:48 +0400
Subject: Winning No: NGS/877/798/2015
Charity!Charity! Charity!
Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
ADDRESS.Bainunah Street, Al Bateen Area, PO Box 854,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Email:ipcmiddleeast12@outlook.com
Winning No: NGS/877/798/2015
Email Ref No: NGS/699/33/2015
Notification Date: 03/07/2015
Attn:Dear.
Your email has been selected for a cash prize of $500,000.00 USD as part of
Central bank of United Arab Emirates advertiser for charity donated by Abu
Dhabi Royal Family which 10 people are selected as the winners and you are
among the winning.
You are selected for the cash prize of Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Payment
will be done via ATM master card for easy access and in control of your
winning prize.
Please kindly send Following Information
1. Your Full Name:.........................
2. Current Address:......................
..
3. Direct Phone:........................
......
4 Occupations:..................
..............
5. Age:..........................
................
6. Sex.........................................
7. Country....................................
To the payment center immediately Contact person:Mr.Khalid Ahmed Altayer
for claim (ipcmiddleeast12@outlook.com)
Thanks
Director Allocation Department
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