419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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: Juliet Paul <julietpaul2012@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Juliet Paul <paul_juliet73@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:31:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?SW52ZXN0aWNpbmlhaSBiZW5kcmF2aW1hcyBpxaEgRMW+dWxqZXRhIFBhdWxp?=
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Investiciniai bendravimas iÅ¡ DÅ¾uljeta Paulius

Tai mano malonu raÅ¡yti jums apsvarsÄius, nes galiu bÅ«ti negali pamatyti jums Ä¯ veidÄ…, iÅ¡ pradÅ¾iÅ³; PraÅ¡ome Man reikia jÅ«sÅ³ pagalbos. AÅ¡ esu Mis Juliette Paulius vienintelis dukra pabaigoje p Paul Djedge, iÅ¡ Dramblio Kaulo Kranto. Mano tÄ—vas paliko $ 6.8Million sumÄ… uÅ¾ mane, kurÄ¯ jis deponuojamas vienu iÅ¡
banko Äia injuliet.paul17 aÅ¡ dabar ieÅ¡ko jÅ«sÅ³ pagalba man padÄ—ti
perkelti Å¡iuos pinigus iÅ¡ mano Å¡alies Dramblio Kaulo Kranto Ä¯ savo
sÄ…skaitÄ… uÅ¾sienyje, kad mes turÄ—tÅ³ investuoti jÄ¯ Ä¯ bet prasmingai ir pelningas verslas savo Å¡alyje, nes tai yra mano vienintelÄ— viltis gyvenime. AÅ¡ esu pasiruoÅ¡Ä™s Jums pasiÅ«lyti 20% viso fondo, jei tik jÅ«s galite padÄ—ti man mano dabartinÄ—s keblios.
PraÅ¡ome aÅ¡ noriu, kad siÅ³sti man savo iÅ¡samiÄ… informacijÄ…, kaip nurodyta toliau.

(1) JÅ«sÅ³ vardas, pavardÄ— -------------------
(2) Tavo Adresas ---------------------
(3) JÅ«sÅ³ nuotrauka --------------------
(4) Pasirinkta salis ---------------------
(5) JÅ«sÅ³ amÅ¾ius -------------------------
(6) JÅ«sÅ³ okupacija ------------------
(7) JÅ«sÅ³ telefono numeris -----------

PraÅ¡ome atsakyti Ä¯ Mano, kad duosiu jums daugiau informacijos
Pagarbiai,
DÅ¾uljeta Paulius

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