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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.
- boivineaucatherine@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mme Cathérine Boivineau" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <boivineaucatherine@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 12:36:32 +0100
Subject: Bonjour Bien aimée
Bonjour Tres Cher(e),
De nos jours les offres sur le net n'estiment plus la confiance et beaucoup de gens par méfiance ignore des offres de bonne foi et perd parfois des opportunités.
Mais avant d'ignorer celle-ci veuillez prendre la peine de le lire et de vérifier mes informations.
Je suis Mme Catherine Boivineau épouse Rousseau de nationalité française, Veuve Ex Ambassadrice de l'UNICEF, et mon oncologue vient
de me diagnostiquer un cancer de gorge métastatique en phase terminale et le diagnostic s'est avéré et je vais mourir d'ici là.
Je serai de gré à vous faire un don d'un montant de € 85.000 Euros cet argent vous aidera à subventionner en partie
vos projets et aider vos proches . J'ai travaillé avec plusieurs ONG et association mondiale pour aider les orphelins.
Je vous pris d'accepter cela, car c'est un don venant d'une femme mourante, et cela, sans rien demander en retour.
Veuillez me contacter à mon adresse émail personnel pour avoir plus de détails.
Email : boivineaucatherine@yahoo.com
Mme Catherine Boivineau
QUE DIEU VOUS BÉNISSE
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