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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: "LUGARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lugardbenerd@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:05:24 +0100
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR RESPONSE.
Good day,
I am Mr. Lugard Benard and I have contacted you based on a business deal which I would want to introduce to you based on your country and as a foreigner. You will be presented as a beneficiary which all the legal backup will be provided to back the claim up. Please if you will be interested to go in for this, do let me know by reply for more details about it.
I assure you a 100% riskfree transaction for all the legal documents to protect the deal are intact.
Thanks as I wait your sincere response to this matter of mutual benefit.
Regards,
Lugard
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