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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: Jack Francis <fjack904@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Jack Francis <firstcban@list.ru>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 19:06:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Your early reply is highly appreciated
Your message was received. Sorry for all the delay. It was due to the hacker braked into my email address and deleted all contact in my email box and changed the password of my email address. I contacted the provider of email site and the old email address was blocked to avoid the hackers using my email to communicate people. That is why I could not email you all these while. As for your fund it would have been lifted into your account yesterday but I could not reach you due the reason explained above. Now this is what you have to do to get your fund without delay. Email me the information required below without delay.
Your Bank Name……………………….
Bank Address…………………………….
Your Account Number………………….
The Routing Number……………………
Your Private Telephone………………………….
Account Bearer Name……………………………
Your Address………………………………….
A Copy of your Identity……………………….
Get back to me with the required information and the total $25.7M USD will be deposited into your account without delay. Once again I apologize for the delay.
I am expecting your urgent response.
Sign.
Jack Francis
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