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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: "IC3" <info@sender.com>
Reply-To: jeffrey.hawkins02@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:27:33 -0700
Subject: ! Notice
Att
I am sorry this was the only way to reach you.
Its urgent, your long overdue payment has been reviewed and
payment has commenced. I tried getting you earlier to attend to
this
but all effort failed.You need to stop contacting those
fraudsters if you dont want to end up broke and frustrated.why
will they
continue to deceive you and keep going around in circles? Money
does not grow on trees.The ICCC is now in charge of payment
security and i have been instructed to report ANYBODY caught
attempting to divert your payment.
There is no more room for nonsense...anybody attempting to divert
your payment this time will be prosecuted.
I strongly advise you get in contact with me immediately to put
an end to this and get you paid physical cash and not empty
promises.
If i help to make this possible, what will you give me in
return?I am not doing this for free, and i am ready to even join
you to
push this through because whoever claims to be in power to get
you paid, must also be ready to put his money where his mouth is.
Kindly reply to my email: (jeffrey.hawkins02@outlook.com)
Jeffery Hawkins CFO
IC3 Internet Crimes Compensation Center
Irving Tx USA
CC: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Open: Mon to Fri
9am to 5pm
Open Sat
9am to 2pm
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