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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: Alliance Group< <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: allianceconsulting00100@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:10:44 +0200
Subject: Investment
Good day. My apologies for intruding into your privacy at this time. We are=
an investment / finance company based in the united kingdom, Spain and bel=
gium. We facilitate project funds for long and short term projects regardle=
ss of the country of origine. We have access to investment fund and we sent=
you detailed infromation yesterday as regards this opportunity, did you re=
ceive the email ? Did you receive it ? I expect your update and you can cal=
l me on +442033182640 for further talks. Sincerely Mr.Chahal karnail chahal=
Chief Financial Consultant Alliance Group
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