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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: Noble Ronald <officeoffice.office214@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dironaldnoble@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:50:42 +0300
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED
This is to officially inform you that we have completed an investigation on
your awarded funds and some other beneficiaries. With the help of our newly
developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we
discovered that many bad offices, scammers and fraudsters have been
collecting money from you in the name of your funds.
We have arrested some of them and your e-mail address was automatically
selected by an Online Balloting government system, which was legally
awarded to you the sum of $883,600.00USD from the United States embassy in
the United kingdom. We have authorised and signed your certificate with the
human right for your money to be transferred straight to your account
without any further delay because you have suffered enough and we will make
sure that you cash your money as soon as possible.
Your funds have been deposited in the bank with the IMF and FBI authority
for the security and fast transfer of your money to your personal bank
account. We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved
to send the names of any those bad offices which you might have gotten an
email from so that we will use it to find and arrest more of them and
testify against them in the court of law. Your transaction is verified and
100% risk free.
You are required to get back to us with the following.
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Occupation:
House Address:
Valid ID:
NB: If found on your spam/junk folder, kindly move to inbox as it's a
result of low internet connection.
*Regards,*
*Noble Ronald(ESQ)*
*Access Risk Management Team*
*Phone/ WhatsApp:+1(781)214-1251*
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