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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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mariasankor12@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: jardin.paix@comorestelecom.km
Reply-To: mariasankor12@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 20:26:53 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Hello
Merhaba,
bana ben geldiğimde ben göz atıyordum sana yazmak için büyük bir
mutluluk verir
Ben sizinle irtibata ücretsiz postalarınızı genelinde ve
birbirimizi tanımak ve gelecekte ne olduğunu görmek için olsun,
böylece ben benimle arzu eğer sizinle iletişimde olmak çok mutlu
olacak. size benim öz hakkında daha fazla anlatmak ve iyi bir
başlangıç için benim resim vermek benim için bana geri
yazabilirsiniz eğer ben çok mutlu olacak. güzel bir gün you.have
duymak için bekliyor olacak.
senin Maria özledim
Hello,
it give me a great pleasure to write you i was browsing when i came
across your mail and i free to contact you ,i will be very happy to be in
communication with you if you will have the desire with me so that we can
get to know each other and see what happened in future. i will be very
happy if you can write me back for me to tell you more about my self and
give you my picture for a good start. will be waiting to hear from
you.have a nice day.
yours miss Maria
This my private email mariasankor12@hotmail.com
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