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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: Sir Richard Dalton <sir.rdalton@fco.gov.uk>
Reply-To: sir.rdalton@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:06:00 +0700
Subject: Hello
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Greetings and how are you today? i hope great.i knew you will be
surprised to see my message because we hardly know each other but i have
summed up courage to contact you.My Name is Sir Richard Dalton from
United Kingdom.I am the former UK Ambassador to Iran.I'm retired and
want to venture into private investment and from my inquires, your
country's economy has being growing rapidly in tourism and i want to
invest in real estate.i decided to contact you to assist me in managing
my investment portfolio in your country since i will not always be there
for the day to day running of the business because I'm still active with
some governmental appointments.So i want to know if i can trust you and
if you will be capable of handling the project so that i will send you
the proposal proper and also let you know the full details of the
investment.
I will be waiting to hear from you so i can send you my full credential
and also my direct phone number for you to call or text.
I look forward to your swift response.
Sir Richard
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