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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- ebaydave009@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr john david" <brownhairstyle@brownhairstyle.com>
Reply-To: <ebaydave009@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:50:51 -0600
Subject: NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (ebay) urge you to

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (ebay) urge you to

treat it genuinely.

Customers Service Hours / Monday To Saturday:

>From the eBay Lottery Awards december promo............

eBay sweepstakes have selected twenty lucky winners for £,500,000.00 each which you are lucky to be one of them. Your ID: 345HE45 and CLAIM NUMBER: 809366E.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over seven thousand companies and individuals.

I am using this opportunity to thank you for using eBay regularly.

Please contact the claim agent in charge of your winnings: Mr. john david and make the below information’s available to him so he can start processing the release

of you winnings immediately for it to be available within 24/48 hours depending on your level of cooperation.

Full Name:

contact Address:

Sex:

Age:

Country:

Marital Status:

Occupation:

Tel:

Fax:

Contact Person: Mr. john david

Contact Address:ebaydave009@gmail.com

Signed.

eBay Award Department.

ceo devin wenig.

Disclaimer and Confidentiality Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and contain privileged and or copyright information. If you are

not the intended recipient or received the email in error you must not copy, distribute or use this email or the information contained in it for any purpose other than

to notify the sender immediately, and delete this e-mail from your system. The sender shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the

information contained in this communication, nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. The sender does not guarantee that this material is free from

viruses or any other defects although due care has been taken to minimise the risk.

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