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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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: test@test.com
Reply-To: unclaimedfunds554@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:38:46 -0700
Subject: Winning No: NGS/877/798/2018
Winning No: NGS/877/798/2018
Email Ref No: NGS/699/33/2018
Amount Won:900.000,00GBP
National Geographic International Draw Winner No. NGS/877/798/2018 This is to inform you that you have WON from our 2013 charity bonanza. The draw winning no. NGS/877/798/2018 brought out your e-mail address from a Data Base of Internet Email Users and qualified you a benefited winner of the stated winning amount,in the ongoing 44.4 million Spring lottery charity bonanza for UK London's heritage, Held on the 2013. The National Geographic International Lottery Fund gives grants to sustain and transform individual lives all over the globe for the less privilege once; we are here to use our diverse heritage to change lives in every part of
the global world. Please send your draw winning no NGS/877/798/2018 and Fill the Information below and Send to claims department Via E-mail :(unclaimedfunds554@outlook.com)
1. Your Name:
2. Your Address:
3.Country:
4.State:
5. Mobile No:
6. Sex:
7.Age:
8.Occupation:
9. Scan copy of your Identification (Driving License or any Valid I.D
Proof) Needed.
Yours sincerely,
Claims Manager
Mr.Richard Wilson
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