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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: "Director Mr Andrew G. McCabe," <"www."@fine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Director Mr Andrew G. McCabe," <officefbi30@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 19:42:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: od Day
Good Day This is the new appointed Fbi acting Director Mr Andrew G. McCabe,How are you doing today? This is to inform you that your Atm card worth of $4.7M usd which was held by the former Fbi Director Mr James Comey was found in my office today as held property to be transferred back to government account.But as a Us citizen the right of a Citizen still remains and valued.So i want this Atm card delivered. To you as the rightful beneficiary to this fund.
So you need to provide the below.
YOUR FULL NAME....
STATE>
HOME ADDRESS....
PHONE......
COPY OF YOUR ID....
So submit the info to enable use proceed on the delivery asap.And stop further communication with anyone in the name of transaction of fund.Either a compensation or iheritance fund ignore it because its just a trick to rip you off money.
Fbi Depart
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