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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mark Angelo <"Angelo."@aroma.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mark Angelo <diplomat.agent@diplomats.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 06:01:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent for your fund
Hello please is obvious that you dump your 10.5 million united state dollar compensation here for long, right now I noticed that some people flocks together to divert your fund
However I meet bank manager and told him to upload the fund to atm master card which he did and I use your formal address to register the card to dhl courier company please click here to log in to dhl website to check your information if is correct and hurry because I believe the diplomat will distapch any moment from now (http://dhlcsbj.ml)
Thanks for your understanding also waiting for your urgent respond with good news
Regard
Dr. Mark Angelo
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