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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: admin@universal-hosting.net
Reply-To: drpatrickharrison@protonmail.ch
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:09:43 -0700
Subject: Compliments of the day from Dr. Patrick Harrison (Read)
Good Day, I am Dr. Patrick Harrison I have a cancer patient who would like =
to establish some investment over there in your country in Charity and othe=
r sectors that can assist humanity more especially in this trial times. Not=
e that I am trusting, confiding in you and contacting you because of your l=
ocation and personality. My client wants to establish an area of Orphanage =
and Hospital for Cancer patients but she doesn=92t have any trusted hand /p=
erson, who can handle and actualize this dream over there for her as her co=
ntribution to humanity . That compelled her to confined and reach out to me=
as her Doctor to introduce a trusted organization or individual with good =
reputation, who have the wellbeing of entire humanity at the back of his or=
her mind regardless of colure or race that through such organization or pe=
rson this dream can be achieved before her death hence her situation is cri=
tical considering this Era that CoronaVirus pandemic is ravaging the entire=
world without a sustainable cure yet . Kindly confirm if you can be entrus=
ted with this dream with a committed faithful promise that you will actuali=
ze this dream even if my client drops dead hence you will be rewarded bount=
ifully. Thanks in advance for your considerations and continue to keep safe=
till I hear from you for the full details. Yours faithfully , Dr. Patrick =
Harrison (Physician ) Tel: +1-469-606-9960 Email: drpatrickharrison@protonm=
ail.ch
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