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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 next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs Hannah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrshannahllyods@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 22:27:50 -0800
Subject: Reply me urgently please.............................19
I am Mrs. Hannah , the wife of the
late Gerard Llyods who died in a plane crash
I have some reliefs to give and Irrespective of your location,
I am willing to care for your business on the root that thirty percent of your revenue from
my capital given to you would be used for charity donations.
This is absolutely risk free.
I am doing this because I have less than 3months to live as a human
I therefore need a dependable associate to title-hold my course
by receiving these funds investing it in private business and
donating 30% of profit generated to the less privilege or
if you are not into any business, you can receive the funds as my next of kin
and assist me in dispensing it to the less privilege but you must be honest ,
do not bother responding if you are not honest or sincere but if you are,
Reply me if you are interested in further details.
Greetings
Hannah
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