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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.
- ja773366991414@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: postmaster@freenet.de
Reply-To: ja773366991414@gmail.com
Date: 12 Aug 2022 22:25:47 +0200
Subject: We can help you to grow your business
We can help you to grow your business,
We are an Investment Adviser/Broker . We help clients and
organizations seeking funding from $10 million to $5 billion for
their viable investments or projects anywhere in the world.
you don't need a loan any more to finance your project or any of
your businesses, there is this bank in Japan that you need to
open a business account with in person or online that will give
you line of credit from USD10M Up to 1BUSD,which you can only
activate the line of credit with SBLC from AAA rated banks in
Europe.
We can assist you arrange all your documents for a fresh cut SBLC
that you will use to activate the line of credit from a top range
provider in Europe.
Contact my direct email: ja773366991414@gmail.com for more
details, if you are interested.
Yours truly.
J Adams
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