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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- 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.
- drjimyharrison10@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mrs maria ben <mariawolfgang22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drjimyharrison10@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:41:07 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?ATENCI=C3=93N_BENEFICIARIO?=
ATENCIÓN BENEFICIARIO
Infórmese que hemos sido autorizados por la deuda de las Naciones Unidas
Unidad de reconciliación, para liberar su compensación aprobada y la
adjudicación de
US $ 1,500,000.00. Sin embargo, por razones de seguridad, sus fondos
de compensación de $ 1.500,000.00 USD se ha cargado en la TARJETA DE
VISA ATM y esto permite que solo usted tenga control directo sobre sus
fondos. Eres un consejo
ponerse en contacto con nuestro director del Centro de pagos con
tarjeta ATM Dr.Jimmy Harrison y solicite que le envÃe su TARJETA ATM.
ComunÃquese con él a través de la información indicada a continuación y envÃe su
detalles personales para él.
Persona de contacto: Dr.Jimmy Harrison
Número de teléfono: +299 90411776
Dirección de correo electrónico: drjimyharrison10@hotmail.com
RECUERDE ENVIARLE SU INFORMACIÓN COMPLETA SEGÚN SE REQUIERE A
CONTINUACIÓN PARA EVITAR
ENTREGA INCORRECTA
1. Su nombre completo: ____
2. Dirección: ____
3. Números telefónicos: ____
4. PaÃs: ____
NOTA: que el monto a pagar es de ($ 1.5million USD) que esperamos
su respuesta urgente a este correo electrónico para permitirnos
monitorear el pago
efectivamente.
Atentamente
Maria ben
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