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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: zhongjun@asia.com
Reply-To: fuzhong348@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:51:08 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?q?H=C3=A4lsningar?=
God dag,
Jag behöver en utländsk partner för en ömsesidig affärsförslag, som avser överföring av en stor summa pengar till ett utländskt konto, som mottagare av medlen. Allt om denna transaktion kommer att ske lagligt utan bro av finansiell myndighet både i mitt land och yours.I til unna dig att följa yttersta diskretion i alla frågor som rör denna fråga. Om du är intresserad kan du svara tillbaka via min privata e-postadress skrivet nedan, jag kommer att ge dig mer information om mig själv med den finansiella institutionen jag representerade och faktiska belopp innebär om projektet så snart jag får din positiva svar.
Privat e-post: fu.zhongjun@fuzhongjun.ml
Vänlig hälsning,
Verkställande direktör.
Kina Bank.
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