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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.
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Mark <hendersonp857@gmail.com>
Reply-To: filleo0728@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2022 03:27:07 -0700
Subject: Attention Please Dear Beneficiary
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Attention Please Dear Beneficiary
This is Mr mark Willi We are wright to remind you about your FUNDS of
$9.7 million USD that suppose to be deliver to you since, but we did
not hear from you for some days now. dear friend. As you can see every
argument how to delivery your FUNDS is already made here Now you are
the one that delaying your funds by not to write back to us
We need your urgent responds to inform us if you still want your funds
or not, because after meeting hold today in our head office with our
government we concluded with our federal government that any one who
did not write back to us from now till next week that person fund
will be diverted into our federal government account.
So quickly get back to us with your full information so that your fund
will be deliver to you,
Your Name........................
Your Address.....................
Your Telephone Number............
your country and state...........
your email address...............
and the name of the nearest airport to you.....
Thanks
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