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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: Mr.Greg Osborn <cita@ifitv.com>
Reply-To: gregosbornesq1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:23:24 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?*SpamFortinet*?=
Did you received my previous email
Do you still use this email account? get back to me asap i need to talk to you urgently.
Advocate Greg Osborn
Principal Attorney: Greg & Co Associates
Direct Telephone: +27661761901
El contenido de esta comunicación, incluyendo los anexos, puede contener datos personales. No está permitida la retransmisión, difusión o cualquier otro uso de esta información a personas o entidades distintas del destinatario.
Cualquier tratamiento que se dé a esta información debe contar con las medidas indicadas en la normativa vigente sobre Protección de datos así como cumplir con la Política y procedimientos establecidos por Applus+ en esta materia.
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