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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: "Mr. William Viadimir" <morrow.mary@yandex.com>
Reply-To: william.viadimir@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:31:37 +0700
Subject: Can you handle it?
Our client seek investment opportunity in your company and or any other
viable sector that you may present for disbursement of investment capital
for appropriation by you. If you can handle a large sum of capital out lay
for the investment,then get back to me with an acknowledgement response to
this email for further details to be made available to you and for us to
have further discuss in this regard.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. William Viadimir
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