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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Gibson Gibson"<gi@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 18:16:15 -0700
Subject: RE: IT HAS BEEN LONG TRY AND CONTACT ME
Software zur Erkennung von "Spam" auf dem Rechner
websrv02.digital-bandits.de
hat die eingegangene E-mail als mögliche "Spam"-Nachricht identifiziert.
Die ursprüngliche Nachricht wurde an diesen Bericht angehängt, so dass
Sie sie anschauen können (falls es doch eine legitime E-Mail ist) oder
ähnliche unerwünschte Nachrichten in Zukunft markieren können.
Bei Fragen zu diesem Vorgang wenden Sie sich bitte an
postmaster@digital-bandits.de
Vorschau: Hello I have been trying to reach you for sevarl days without
luck. I am on my way to the airport. If you receive this email please get
back to me. Everything is ready. Please contact me for update. Yours [...]
Inhaltsanalyse im Detail: (5.2 Punkte, 5.0 benötigt)
Pkte Regelname Beschreibung
---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
2.1 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Betreff enthält nur Großbuchstaben
0.0 BAYES_50 BODY: Spamwahrscheinlichkeit nach Bayes-Test: 40-60%
[score: 0.5125]
1.8 MISSING_SUBJECT Betreff ("Subject") fehlt
-0.0 NO_RECEIVED Informational: message has no Received headers
1.4 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list
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