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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.
- 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.
- annie.martinez121@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Mme Annie MARTINEZ <pemalang.34@pdkjateng.go.id>
Reply-To: annie.martinez121@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:52:26 +0100
Subject: Proposition!
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Bonjour,
Je soussignée Mme Annie MARTINEZ. Je suis née en France. Je souffre d’un
cancer du foie en phase terminale.
Après de nombreux essais cliniques sans succès, mon médecin vient de
m’annoncer que mes jours sont comptés. Je voudrais réaliser un projet
d’aide humanitaire à travers vous bien qu’on ne se connait pas vraiment.
J’ai alors décidé de vous léguer à titre de legs une somme de un million
cinq cent mille dollars américain. Ma propre famille qui devrait en
bénéficier m'avait rejetée pour la simple raison de mon mariage avec un
Arabe Libyen. Merci de me répondre pour plus de détails.
Sincèrement
Mme MARTINEZ
E-mail : annie.martinez121@gmail.com
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