419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (YYYY-MM)

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "jim@jtan.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Matt Creasey" <matt.crsey@cantv.net>
Reply-To: matt.creasey_uk316@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 02:55:31 -0530
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Gesch=C3=A4ftsinformationen_f=C3=BCr_unseren_gegenseitigen_Nutz?=
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Mein lieber Freund,
=

Ich habe Ihre Kontakt-E-Mail-Adresse jim@jtan.com aus Ihrem Land Unternehm=
en / Business-Verzeichnis. Allerdings habe ich jetzt eine Gelegenheit in me=
iner Bank, die uns beide zugute kommen kann. 18, 500.000 Pfund wurde von me=
inem verstorbenen Kunden Ronald Bramlage aufgegeben, der in einem privaten =
Flugzeugabsturz mit seiner ganzen Familie und keinem Erben des Fonds starb.=
Ich werde meine Position als Senior-Programm-Manager der Bank verwenden, u=
m Ihnen notwendige Informationen / Dokumente zu geben, wenn Sie mit mir arb=
eiten, damit wir das Geld bekommen und das Geld teilen werden 55/45.
=

Wir werden es beenden und das Geld in Ihrem Bankkonto innerhalb einiger Ba=
nkarbeitstage bekommen. Schicken Sie mir die Details unten, so dass ich Ihr=
e Daten in der Datenbank meiner Bank als offizieller Erbe des Fonds hochlad=
en und Ihnen weitere Unterweisung geben werde.
=

Name:
Geburtsdatum:
Adresse:
=

Vielen Dank, wie Sie Ihre Daten senden, um den Erfolg in diesem einmal in =
einer Lebenszeit Gelegenheit zu gew=E4hrleisten.
=

Freundliche Gr=FC=DFe,
Mr. Matt Creasey.
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