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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: Federal High Court <helengiamma13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Federal High Court <usfbihp2@yeah.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 16:57:59 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Federal High Court Of Economics Community Of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Benin branch, under the instruction of His Excellency Mr. Patrick Talon, the President Of Benin Republic. My name is Chief Judge Theodore Bolo, I personal hereby announcing to you again that your $8Million file was at this office since 25th Jan 2016 and the Approval,Ownership & Insurance Certificates fees was paid already except the $150 for Re-Registrer's Activation Fee (RAF). But a Lady Mrs.Janet Fred contact us requesting to p
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