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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: "Robert J. Holley" <coweb1298@yandex.com>
Reply-To: jmic100@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 14:59:50 +0300
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM (FBI) REPLY BACK!!!
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS J.EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
Our Ref: UN/NIG-FBI/CONTRACT NO.052-16
Attn: Beneficiary.
This is FBI Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley. We are sorry for the mental
torture you have been made to pass through in the past years and your
financial loss in the pursuit of your long over-due payment. Did you at
anytime authorized for the change of beneficiary/account for your Un-Paid
funds. We receive this yesterday authorizing us to change your former
account to this one bellow. It was accompanied by a duly sworn affidavit.
SOVEREIGN BANK
ROUTE# 37
MANCHESTER NEW JERSEY
08439 USA
ACCT NAME Mark Jones
ACCT # 1369379332
ROUTING # 26832696
Please advice urgently.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Holley
FBI AGENT IN AFRICA
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