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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: Jerome Powell <cartermaureen1999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: larrybrady101@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 12:39:07 +0100
Subject: RE
Attention : Beneficiary
To Whom it may concern
Compliments of the seasons and a very happy new year .This is a communique
from the US FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NY with home office in London UK. There’s
is a certain COVID 19 RELIEF FUND of total $1M usd about to be sent out to
beneficiary picked at a RANDOM email selection and your email has emerged
as one of the beneficiary of this COVID 19 Relief fund of about $100M usd
which 100 beneficiaries has been selected by the random pick of email
address of some email contact around ASIA US AFRICA EUROPE . This is a way
to ease the heavy low Job effect on the aftermath of the first COVID 19
pandemic which broke out 2020 . Your email have been selected as one of the
beneficiaries from the $100M usd GRANT which 100 email selection by our
random selection which emerged you as part of the beneficiary. You are to
immediately send me the below details :
Once the above details are received you will be advised furthermore on the
step to get your $1M usd Covid 19 grant sent to you .
(1) FULL NAME:---------------
(2) DATE OF BIRTH:---------------
(3) MARITAL STATUS:---------------
(4) OCCUPATION:---------------
(5) HOME ADDRESS:---------------
(8) COUNTRY:---------------
(9) NATIONALITY:---------------
(10) CELL (MOBIL) NO:---------------
(11) TEL:NO:---------------
(12) FAX:NO:---------------
(13) PASSPORT / ID COPY:---------------
(14) YOUR ALTERNATIVE/PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:---------------
(15) NEXT OF KIN:...................................
if you are alive kindly send the above details as someone has come forward
that shes your next of KIN and that you died December 20th 2021 from
complications from Covid19 related illness but we need to send you this
email for confirmation that you are DEAD or still ALIVE.looking forward to
getting a swift response.
Mr Powell Jerome
Director Covid 19 payment Grant
Federal Reserve Bank
Payment office London UK.
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