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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- 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.
- giftmoney2021@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Antti Herlin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jikmyard@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 07:16:10 +0100
Subject: FUND DONATION
Dear Friend
Happy New Year 2022 ?
i wishes you every good things your life needs in Jesus Name.
My name is Mr. Antti Herlin, the Finland billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Finnish KONE Corporation. My billionaire was a gift of God to me and i have decided to use this holiday to praise God by giving away the sum of €19 Million Euro each to five lucky individual around the world as a free gift money to make you rich so that you can start enjoy life and provide your families needs.
If you are interested, please make sure you contact me at my Private Email ( giftmoney2021@hotmail.com ) for full information.
Best Regards.
Mr. Antti Herlin, the Finland billionaire businessman
My Email: giftmoney2021@hotmail.com
Antti Herlin with a net worth 3.6 billion is the richest person in Finland. He is the chairman of Kone Corporation. Kone Corporation is one of the world's biggest makers of elevators and escalators.
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