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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: "Mrs.Paavo Lipponen" <zhaotai@zhaotai.com.cn>
Reply-To: lipponenmrspaavo@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 18:20:52 -0400
Subject: Hello
Good day
Dearest beloved,
I am Mrs.Paavo Lipponen,wife to Mr.Paavo Lipponen a Finland political Part=
y Leader.The name of his party is (SDP). Social Democratic Party of Finland=
. My husband was murdered in 2009 by the political party named Kok National=
Coalition Party - (Kansallinen Kokomuus). from the ruling political party =
in the country. After his death,our family treasure and assets have being s=
eized by the government.stricter measures placed to make life miserable for=
me and my child. Reluctantly,Now all the money are in the bank I have relo=
cate to a remote location to escape the attacks from the government. I hav=
e discussed with the manager who promised to assist me have the money out o=
f Finland bank asked me to present someone outside Finland to receive this =
fund.also,the bank said i need to change the account name from my family na=
me to your name so that the government will not dictate it. Please reply th=
is email so i can direct you to the bank for expedite the process.
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Thank you for understanding me.
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