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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: Caroline Rabin <info@alsahmksa.net>
Reply-To: firm.queries@fcaintl.com
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:04:20 +0000
Subject: Greetings
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Good day!
Before I proceed I need you to understand that this is unlike your
previous unsuccessful transaction attempts and If you can give this
proposal the maximum attention that it deserves we shall conclude this
deal legally and diligently.
My name is Caroline Rabin, I work as the head of audit within our bank's
account management team. It has come to our attention while in the
process to a new digital banking system, that a client probably related
to you still have an active account within our bank, containing
USD$108,230,702.00. We are bound by law to transfer the funds to any
surviving family member or foreign business associates as the recipient
of the late client.
Expecting your feedback if you are interested for more details:
Yours Sincerely.
Mrs. Caroline Rabin
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