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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "dafosherk@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "President Federal Department of Finance Switzerland (FDF)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dafosherk@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 09:26:24 -0700
Subject: Attention: Customer Your Fund Transfer $2.8MILLION
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE/FEDERAL OFFICE OF PERSONNEL SWITZERLAND
Federal Department of Finance
Bundesgasse 3
3003 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)58 062 00 00
Attention: Customer Your Fund Transfer $2.8MILLION,
We hereby officially notify you about the officially Fund Release approval by the management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) to credit the sum of US$$2.8MILLION, into your bank account. This fund was part of the lodged Late President Saddam Hussein of Iraq discovery fund with World Bank of Switzerland. The Swiss Bank has received the authorazition from the President Federal Department of Finance to distribute it to help few lucky individuals and the American Government is in agreement with the distribution of the fund to 700 hundred thousand people in other to help improve their businesses and individual life. If you have received this email, kindly forward the following information to the operation manager of swiss bank through this email information provided here ( dafosherk@outlook.com ) as soon as you get this message for the immediate process of the transfer of this said fund into your bank account once the information is provide by you.
1.Your full name
2.Your Direct Cell
3.Your address
4: Age
5: Sex
6: Occupation
7: Matrial Status
8: 2 Copies of a Passport Photograph and a Copy of you International Passport/Driver Liscense or Nationality IDentity Card.
Regards,
Ueli Maurer
President Federal Department of Finance Switzerland (FDF)
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