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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:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- hafizmohd0147@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr.hafiz Mohammad" <hafizmohd0148@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hafizmohd0147@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:46:21 -0700
Subject: HELLO
100th Destination
2017 Launch of Google Ramadan Lottery Award Promotion
Congratulation to our winners
Google lottery International congratulates you one of the winners of our
100th Destination Launch promotion of Ramadan Google Award programme 2017,
and thanks all our subscribers for their participation and continued
support for Google International,You just won $1.000,000,00 USD( One
Million United States Dollars only) and a trip to Mecca for Ramadan
celebration.
The winners of this promotion has been notified at the email addresses
subscribed by 2017 Google Award Promo. your winning number and code is
(719-226-1319)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Contact our claims division Feudicial Officer for your fund remittance.
Name:Dr.hafiz Mohammad
E-Mail: hafizmohd0147@gmail.com
Contact number:+44-07928762752
+44-07598836010
Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:_____________________
2. Address:_____________________
3. Nationality:___________Sex:________
4. Age:________Date of Birth:___________
5. Occupation:_________Martial Status_________
6. Cell Phone:___________Fax:___________
7. State of Origin:_________Country:_______
8.Winning No:_______Email Ref No:______
9.Acount number_____________-
10.Account name_____________
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