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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- justin09lewis@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "grace" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <justin09lewis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 13:02:45 +0200
Subject: C'EST UNE INFORMATION IMPORTANTE ET URGENTE.
(TOYOTA MOTORS DANS LE MONDE
Cher gagnant,
NUMÉRO GAGNANT: WLD / TYT / 0055-123-58
Nous sommes heureux de vous informer que votre adresse e-mail vous a valu le prix en espèces de 1 000 000 USD (un million USD).
Il s'agissait d'un vote par ordinateur (aucun billet n'a été vendu) et le tirage électronique a été effectué par TOYOTA MOTORS WORLDWIDE à partir d'une liste aléatoire d'adresses électroniques de particuliers et d'entreprises choisies et automatisées sur une sélection aléatoire d'ordinateurs de la base de données TLD. adresse e-mail ci-joint le numéro gagnant: WLD / TYT / 0055-123-58 avec numéro de lot: 079/20 / TT46 qui vous a gagné la loterie dans la 3ème catégorie. Pour déposer votre réclamation, veuillez nous contacter à votre agent de réclamation avec les informations suivantes.
Noms et adresse complets, votre âge, votre profession, votre numéro de téléphone mobile.
Agent de réclamation.
Mr Justin Lewis
JUSTININTERMEDIATES.
59.Daganzo de Arriba - Madrid, Espagne.
(justin09lewis@gmail.com)
Merci
Mme Grace Eric
Vice président.
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