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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: Lorena Benze <lorenabenzel011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Lorena Benze <lorenabenzel09@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:19:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Mi querido ganador
Mi querido ganador
Nuestra referencia: MSC/611/11
Esto es para informarle de que su correo electrónico ha ganado 600.000,00 EUR
(Seiscientos mil libras esterlinas)
Y un equipo de Palm Top Microsoft (2015 Model) a través
Curso 2015 Award en línea Microsoft como objetivo promover el uso de
Productos de Microsoft alrededor del mundo. Fue seleccionado Su dirección de correo electrónico
al azar de la World Wide Web a través de un sistema de sorteo informático y
extraída de más de 1.000.000 de sindicatos, asociaciones y personas jurídicas
que se enumeran en línea. Cada dirección de correo electrónico se adjuntó a un número de ticket
y un número de lote. Su dirección de correo electrónico adjunta a Ticket No. MSA/18/1047,
Lote N º: Se seleccionó MSA/04/15 y Ganar No. CLM/0700/MSC, que
automáticamente uno de nuestros afortunados ganadores para el año hace.
Para reclamaciones:
del Reino Unido Microsoft Mejor equipo de Palm
Microsoft Corporation, Regard Sra. Lorena
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