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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: Australian Government Department of Human Services <63hsfa@humanservices.gov.au>
Reply-To: delivery.box.irs@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:23:53 -0500
Subject: Your 2016 Subsidy benefit - Code: IHK1
The Department of Human Services will like to inform you of your qualification
for 2016 subsidy benefit.
In other to affirm your eligibility, simply
reply to this secure
message with the following details
as listed below & you will be notified
shortly.
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Last Name:
First
Name:
Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY):
Tax File Number:
Complete Address (Street number &
name/Suburb/State/Postcode):
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Enter at least 2 of the information listed below correctly
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1. Dividends statement (one from the last 2 years) Enter the investment
reference number from
your dividend statement (no spaces or '/' symbols,
e.g. X0011223344) :
2. Notice of assessment (one from the last 5 years)
Enter the date of issue from your notice of assessment (DD/MM/YYYY):
&
Enter the sequence or our reference number from your notice of assessment
(no spaces) :
3. PAYG summary (one from the last 2 years) Enter the
gross amount (no spaces or "$" "." symbols, e.g. 2400):
4.
Superannuation account details (one from the last 5 years) Enter the super
fund ABN (numbers only):
&
Enter the member account number (no spaces):
5. Centrelink
payment summary (one from the last 2 years) Enter the taxable income amount
from your Centrelink payment summary (no spaces or "$" "." symbols, e.g.
2400):
6. Enter either a bank account your income tax refund was paid
into for the last financial year, or an interest bearing investment account from
the last 2 years.
Enter BSB:
Enter Account Number:
©2016 Commonwealth of Australia | Department of Human Services ABN 90 794 605
008
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information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended
recipient please delete it and notify the sender.
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