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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "jfjf3243@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Andrew Page" <andrewpage@serviciosticweb.co.ve>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:37:03 -0300
Subject: REPLY
Good day and compliment
Please I wanted to connect with you because i was struck by your
surname as i came across it today and after some verification, it
appears to me that you may be related to late Engineer Valnizia, a
civil Engineer and a client of my bank who died in a plane clash along
side his wife and children in 2009.Air France Flight 447
(AF447/AFR447).
I am sure you may not be aware of this. Therefore, I have a secret to
reveal to you about this man in connection with your surname because
you stand to get millions of dollars from this deceased unclaimed huge
funds deposit here in my bank as his next of kin. So let us discuss
how to work this out in your favor. Kindly reply back with your full
contact names to enable me make a thorough verification through my
office data base before my detailed reply and feed back to you. Do
direct your reply to my private email at (jfjf3243@outlook.com);
Thanks and best regards
Andrew Page
LONDON
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