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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: "Advocate We Huma" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <advwehumahuma@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:25:00 +0200
Subject: Lottery Amount
Dear Confidant:
Would you be interested to stand as a beneficiary of a lottery amount
valued at 39 Million rand , for some time now we could not locate the
beneficiaries of this amount and winners have 365 days to claim their ticket to avoid the Government of the Republic of South Africa converting the fund into her Coffers
I have contacted you to stand in as the beneficiary of the fund. Our
sharing ratios will be 50% for you and 50% for me. If you are interested?
complete these details below to enable me hand in a letter of claim to our
bank and our legal department for approval.
1) Full Name:
2) Address:
3) Phone Numbers:
4) Country of origin:
6) Sex:
7) Age:
8) Occupation:
Regards,
Mr. Advocate We Huma
Director
Email: advwehumahuma@yandex.com
https://www.iol.co.za/thepost/r39-million-in-lotto-tickets-unclaimed-11626439
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