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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: Michael Lawrence <micheallawrence1989@gmail.com>
Reply-To: michaeltoddler46@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 17:17:04 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION
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Greetings !
Hello
Welcome to Global Innovation Fund -Transforming ideas into impact .
On this very day we here by verifying you as one of the
individuals that needed the help of government to survive and also to
help clear the rate of poverty in the state and for that reason we
render some funds across every one partaking in this Global innovation
invest .
This fund is to help the individuals and it’s only to be delivered
to United States and Canadian citizens only .
We are rendering every partaker the sum amount of $18 million USD and
also your SSI check will be increased two times what you received
monthly
Be a partaker today by reconfirming your full delivery information
such as ..........::
1)your full name .................
2)your country...........
3)your state.............
4)your area code..........
5)your home address............
6)Your copy of ID/ Driving license...........
Your have to provide this information to get you registered for you to
enable to receive your own fund and also to increase your SSI check
But you will pay the sum of $500 only for the activation of your SSI
check that's the only fee request from the Global Innovation Fund
Note that this is powered and sponsored by Global Innovation
Fund,the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Best Regards
ASAP.
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