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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: "Elizabeth Anna Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <elizabethannajohnson802@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 12:33:39 +0200
Subject: Dearest Friend.
Dearest Friend.
Please do consider my first approach to you through this medium. My doctor has explained to me that my chances of survival are not guaranteed due to a cancerous disease.
So after weeks of serious thinking, I realized that it is more blessed to give than to receive as the Bible says and that it will benefit me more to donate my funds to Charity so that the less privileged children will be blessed and benefit from it.
Can I trust you to judiciously use my fund to build a Charity Organization there in your country? So you can be able to take care of the less privileged and motherless children so that my soul can rest in peace when I am gone.
Answer me for more details if the suffering of less privileged children touches your heart.Please answer me through my private email here.
Thanks and hoping to hear from you.
Elizabeth Anna Johnson
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