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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: "Willy westwood" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.rbsaccount@financier. com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 07:34:09 -0700
Subject: Head of corporate client...
Royal Bank of Scotland Premier Place https://www.rbs.co.uk
Address: 2½ Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4BA Hours: Opens today at 9AM to 6PM Phone: Province: South London.
Attn: This is the official Royal Bank of Scotland audit report of September bank statement review sending to you for confirmation, if you have seen it
before kindly follow up. Your online account has been reported to be blocked within 24hours from now we had a report loaded payment in your
name £48.500,000 Million, go through our official online banking website https://www.rbs.co.uk once you are cleared with your payment by the
council and activate your online account, Your account will be blocked and removed from our online database after 24hours if you did not report back
to this office.
Yours Faithfully
Willy westwood
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