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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 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.
- michaelmo_ny@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: FedEx Express Courier <info.fedex@delivery.com>
Reply-To: michaelmo_ny@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:43:24 -0300
Subject: Your ATM CARD
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FedEx Express Courier
Head Office, FedEx Building
Porto Novo,
Benin Republic
Tel: +229 - 66-159-324.
Customers Service Hours-Monday to
Saturday
Attention: Sir/Madam,
We have a Parcel containing an
International certified ATM CARD worth the sum of Two million Eight Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars (.8 million USD) registered in your name by
Citi Bank. The ATM CARD will be deliver to you at the moment as long as you
provide all the requirement information to the FedEx package company before
the parcel can be shipped to your own residential address .
We were
instructed to email you due to the high priority of your package, we had to
inform you through the letter that was attach in your package, What you
have to do now is to contact FedEx Delivery Department with your delivery
address as listed below for immediate dispatch of your CERTIFIED ATM CARD
to your address and you will also have to pay for the delivery fee to the
Fedex Delivery Department before your ATM CARD will be be delivered to any
address you will provide
Kindly reconfirm the below form and summit it to
the delivery manager Mr.Michael Moore.
Contact Number------+229
66-159-324.
Email: michaelmo_ny@hotmail.com
RECEIVERS
NAME---------------------
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS----------------
DATE OF
BIRTH----------------------
TEL. NUMBER------------------------
OCCUPATION-------------------------
BENEFICIARY COUNTRY----------------
COPY OF IDENTIFICATION CARD--------
It usually takes 48 hours being an
overnight delivery service to deliver your ATM CARD to you after the
delivery department have confirmed the delivery fee from you. We hope this
email will be giving an urgent and prompted attention it deserves.
Yours
Faithfully,
Mr. Anna L. Kuchta.
FedEx Online Team Management(R)
(c) Copy
Right Reserved .
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