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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: "Robert E. Marling Jr." <"www."@dream.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Robert E. Marling Jr." <woodforestnationalbank913@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 01:44:04 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DEAR CUSTOMER
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE OF US$17.5 MILLION TRANSFER RELEASE UPDATE.
Text/call/ at (903) 865-4823
Address; 12401 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23602, United States
DEAR CUSTOMER
The United Nations {UN} give you only three working days to send the last $55
to get your fund of $17.5M usd or you lose the opportunity for ever.
The Wood Forest National Bank Ohio controlling department controlling of the
security transfer CODE which is (WF/200/105/09), the Authentication section
code of this bank concludes the verification of your file. After going through
all the documents of claim received by this department with justification and
verification from the global strategy United States we are completely
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