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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.
- patriciamahoney1968@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Patricia Mahoney Ambassador" <clintdepaul@gmail.com>
Reply-To: patriciamahoney1968@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:01:12 +0100
Subject: This is Mrs. Patricia Mahoney Ambassador in Washington D.C United State
This is Mrs Patricia Mahoney Ambassador in Washington D.C United
State, You need to explain to me the reason why you have abandon your
Compensation ATM CARD worth $2.5m from the Government Because of the
delivery fee only 50 hundred I'm contacting you Today because the
director of the ATM CARD center here in United State said that they
will divert your ATM CARD to the Government Treasury just because that
you cannot pay for the delivery fee of your ATM CARD which is 50
hundred only according to them But I told them to wait until I hear
from you today so that I will know the reason why you rejected such
amount of money 2.5m which will change your life just because of 50
hundred patriciamahoney1968@gmail.com
1) FULL NAMES
2) DELIVERY ADDRESS
3) PHONE NUMBER
4) COUNTRY
This is Mrs. Patricia Mahoney Ambassador in Washington D.C United State
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