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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: "M. M. Fridman" <jsertic1@kbc-zagreb.hr>
Reply-To: mikh.fridman@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 02:26:50 +0300
Subject: Aw: Gute Nachrichten
Ich, Mikhail Fridman, hat Sie für eine $5.000.000 Spende Antwort für weitere Details ausgewählt
IZJAVA O ODRICANJU ODGOVORNOSTI: Ova elektronicka posta moze sadrzavati povjerljive
informacije i namijenjena je samo osobama na koje je naslovljena. Ukoliko Vi niste
navedeni primatelj nije Vam dopusteno koristiti njen sadrzaj, kopirati ili dalje
prosljedivati. Molimo Vas da ako ste greskom primili ovu elektronicku postu o tome
odmah obavijestite posiljatelja i izbrisete ovu poruku. KBC Zagreb ne prihvaca
nikakvu odgovornost za eventualnu stetu nastalu primitkom ove poruke i priloga
sadrzanih u poruci.
DISCLAIMER: This message may contain confidential information and is intended
only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not
disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately
by e-mail if you have received this e-mail-message by mistake and delete this
e-mail-message from your system. KBC Zagreb ltd. accepts no liability for any
potential damage caused by this message and files attached to it.
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