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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: "Mrs. Macmillian" <dlookman55@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Macmillian" <mrsmacmillan27@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 01:24:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E1s_estimado=2C?=
Más estimado,
estoy esperando y trsuting en el Señor que usted y su
familia están haciendo gran cuerpo y espíritu.
Me emocioné al enviar esta carta a usted después de
que cuidadosamente he pasado por tu perfil que hablan bien de usted. Por la greace speial de Dios, soy Mrs.Mac
Millan quiere entrar en el orfanato y casas sin madre para ayudar a los
orfanatos, las viudas y menos privilegiados alrededor del mundo pero mi
enfermedad actual de la salud no me permite manejar este proyecto divino, por
lo tanto decidía a buscan su ayuda noble especialmente en su país para poner
sonrisas en los rostros de las viudas y niños huérfanos de madre en todo el
país.
Estoy dispuesto a enviar a través de USD $1. Millones
como proyectos de voluntariado para poner sonrisa en su cara, su pronta
respuesta y apoyo más agradecido agradecería me permitan proceder con la
transferencia a usted.
Gracias.
Mrs.Mac Millan.
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