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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 orphan scam.
Fraud email example:
From: Mgt Jger <sabinebrugel@gmail.com>
Reply-To: margitjaege@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:20:42 -1200
Subject: Project
Hello.
My name is Miss Margit Jaeger. I am 18 years old, I lost my father in
2019 during his kidney
transplant/surgery. Before His death, my late father had a Huge Sum of
Fund and 63 KG of AU GOLD deposited in a bank and the Gold deposited
in the Security Vault because my father was a gold dealer.
I am pleading with you to be my
guardian and help me proclaim the said funds from the Bank and the
gold from the company and invest it wisely for me while I will
continue my education in your country
because my late father always tells me that education is the key to success in
life and it expands the human mind with knowledge,
My dreams/aim is to study mechanical engineering,please kindly help me
acquire my aim in life; please do everything humanly
possible to help me to continue my education.
I will really appreciate your help, and respect you and follow your advice.
God Bless
Miss.Margit Jaeger
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