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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.
- 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.
- clarkusarmy00998@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Jason Clark" <secretaryimf01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: clarkusarmy00998@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 19:41:25 +0300
Subject: URGENTLY
GOODAY
I’m Mr. Jason Clark
Contacting from Military Department for Funding.
Writing to inform you about the
Sum of $4.7m usd
we received from the U.S bank United States last week
with your and email
it’s signed to deliver to you due to being a scam victim
and for some unpaid salaries
the president of United States released
this funds to 5 million families
and you’re one of those lucky people
so we started making investigations about it
to make sure you’re the real owner
before we contact you and now we have successfully confirmed
that you’re the owner of this funds
a lady called Mrs Diana rose came up few days ago saying
that you died on April 16th and she is your next of kin
she showed many pictures of burial ceremony
for us to confirm that you’re dead
due to what we’ve been facing from those hackers
and scammers we decided to text you today
to make know if she’s saying the truth
before sending any funds to her
so please if you’re not dead
kindly get back to me with your full information
to confirm if you’re the real owner
I’m contacting and that you’re not dead
reply to this
email........clarkusarmy00998@gmail.com
Note, below is the officially information needed for posting of the
ATM CARD ASAP.
Full name:_______
Full mailing Address:_______
Your cell phone no:_______
Nationality:_______
ID card copy:_______
We shall mail the ATM Card for you once you update us with the above
information and the Postal Stamp fee of $150 only via
Bitcoin,paypal,Giftcard as a matter of urgency and forward the
tracking number for you.
Best regards Mr. Jason Clark
Sorry if you may receive this message in your Spam due to the poor
network failure.
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