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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: "Ms. Regina Stephen" <frank@tarcikowski.de>
Reply-To: kofibentum2014@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 08:11:11 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOUR ATM CARD IS READY FOR SHIPMENT
SUNRISE BANK LIMITED
INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUNDS I.M.F
DEPT: WORLD DEBT RECONCILIATION AGENCIES.
Dear: Beneficiary
Good News, the Sunrise Bank Ltd has processed your Atm Card Funds recovery
with the help of INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUNDS I.M.F and I have collected
the Card from them on your behalf. I advise you come down and pick the Card
or should I send it to you by courier means?
Meanwhile, the Bank processing department told me that they will send you
the PIN NUMBER the main bank address direct to you for security reasons and
they also told me that you can only withdraw $5,000.00 daily from this Card
for years because they Credited $2.5 Million inside the Card as discovered.
Hope to hear from you once you receive this email.
Best Regards,
Ms. Regina Stephen
Customer Service Cheif Officer
Sunrise Bank Ltd
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