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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: "Attn: Beneficiary:" <henrymckay054@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jonathanhuck20@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2022 13:23:06 +0100
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary
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Greetings
I am Andrew Mood
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of EQ Bank of Canada, I was
appointed today been March 4th 2022 on my recent file verifications this
morning I found your name and address as legitimate beneficiary of ATM card
worth of ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$10.5 M). I equally
understand that you submitted your address long ago but due to the high
cost of shipping the card to your address you decided to gave up. It
pleased me to inform you that the shipping cost has been totally reduce to
$100, The shipping and customs charges is totally reduce to $100 only.
The EQ BANK of Canada, ATM card is a fast and easy way to pay. It can be
used at places that don't accept checks like gas stations and restaurants.
With your EQ Bank card you can withdraw Money in any ATM machine worldwide:
Please get back to me with your response.
Regards,
Andrew Moor
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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