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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: Mrs Jill Biden <frankhardencool@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsjilljoebiden@aol.com
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 18:29:22 +0100
Subject: Attn; Dear Beneficiary,
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Good day.
This Is Jill Biden, wife to the 46th UNITED STATE President. I would
like to inform you that your fund's issue was brought to my office
this morning by Mr. Brian Thomas Moynihan Chairman and CEO of Bank of
America. Said that they have uploaded your inheritancAe fund worth
USD10.5 Million ( Ten million five hundred United States dollars) into
a new Visa Card but since then, they have not heard from
you, so the case was brought to my office in a view to Cancel your
funds and divert it into government treasuries account, because of
your sudden silence to comply with delivery terms and conditions. I
told him to give me 74hrs to get a hold of you before he can take any
action. Your full information is required for verification such as;
Full name..
Phone Number.
Home address
Your urgent response is needed.
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