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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- lopezfenardo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: investmentpartnership93@gmail.com
Reply-To: lopezfenardo@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:59:07 +0200
Subject: your assistance
My names are Lopez Fenardo, legal representative base in
Spain. I need your assistance in repatriating $12.8M left with
a financial institution by my late client. Actually, I got your
contact information through the your country public
records while searching for a last name similar to my late
client's a Libyan business magnate who lived in Spain for
over a decade prior to his death, he died along with his nuclear family by bomb
explosion. Kindly indicate your responses via my email
address: lopezfenardo@gmail.com for further clarification. Do
get back to me as well even when you are not willing to
collaborate with me so as to enable me further my search
for another partner.
Kind Regards,
Lopez Fenardo (Esq)
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