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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: Stella Peters <stellapeters00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Stella Peters <peters_stella@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:16:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings
تØية طيبة
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أنا السيدة ستيلا بيترس أرملة مسنة تعاني من مرض طويل، وابنتي الوØيدة (جوي)
توÙيت لاØقا ÙÙŠ Øادث سيارة، وأنا اعتر٠Øاليا ÙÙŠ مستشÙÙ‰ خاص، لدي بعض
الأموال التي ورثتها من زوجي المØب الراØÙ„ السيد ويلسون بيترز، مبلغ (5.500.000.000) خمسة ملايين وخمسمائة أل٠دولار أمريكي
أودعها ÙÙŠ Ø£Øد البنوك ÙÙŠ ساØÙ„ العاج، وأØتاج إلى نزيه وخو٠الله الذي يمكنه استخدام هذه الأموال لعمل الله. قررت التبرع بهذا الصندوق لمنظمة خيرية ودور أيتام ومساعدات إنسانية ÙˆÙقا لرغبة زوجي الراØÙ„ قبل ÙˆÙاته. Ùˆ 20Ùª من مجموع الأموال سيكون للتعويض عن القيام بهذا العمل من الله.
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يرجى إذا كنت سو٠تكون قادرة على استخدام هذه الأموال للمساعدة الإنسانية يرجى الرد لي
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أختكم ÙÙŠ الرب.
السيدة ستيلا بيترز
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