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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: Daniel Parenti <access@hellhall.flexhoster.org>
Reply-To: danielparenti64@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:17:45 +0000
Subject: Re: Hello
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Hello Dear,
My name is Daniel Parenti. I am a Citizen of United States. I was born
on 16th September,1960.I have prostate cancer disease and the doctor
says that i have just little days to live in this world before i die.
I want you to inherit my wealth,my millions of dollars,if you promise me
that you will to use 70% of my wealth to help the Syria refugees that
are suffering in various refugee camps in Europe. Read UNHCR news;
http://www.unhcr.org/559d67d46.html
Take the remaining 30% of my wealth if you promise that you will follow
all my instructions.Write down your telephone number and your address
before i give you more details. I am tired now and want to sleep now. I
will read your reply after i wake up from sleep.
Regard,
Daniel Parenti
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