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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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Fraud email example:
From: "Barrister Schneider Gunter" <info@esa.agrano.ch>
Reply-To: schneidergunter383@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:05:59 -0800
Subject: Good news read email below and get back to me
Greetings to you,
Due to the fact that its has been detailed that you must have been in touched with some scammers in the past and your funds not still arrive to you, The Authorities in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Treasury now have made arrangement for your funds to be transferred to you properly..
Note your funds worth $3.5 million has been set for online banking transfer from the Federal reserve bank in the USA.
All you have do now is to contact me back now and i give you proceedings to contact the bank now for your online banking transfer of your long due non clam funds to you
send me an email back in response as i await you to give you instructions to contact the accountant incharge of your funds and its transfer in the Federal reserve bank
yours sincerely
Barrister Schneider Gunter
Barrister and solicitor
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