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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: Mr Johnson Kathy <mrjohnsonkathy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wray32423@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:55:00 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION NEEDED
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this is to officially inform you that we have completed investigation
on your awarded funds and some other beneficiary. with the help of our
newly developed technology (international monitoring network system)
we discovered that many bad offices, scammers and thief have been
collecting money from you in the name of your funds. we have arrested
the leader of the scammers.
your e-mail address was automatically selected by an online balloting
government system, which was legally awarded to you the sum of 10.5
millions dollar from united state embassy in united kingdom we have
authorized and signed your certificate with the human right for your
money to be transfered straight to your account without any more delay
because you have suffered enough and we will make sure that you got
your money before next week thursday.
your fund have been deposited in the bank with the IMF and FBI
authority for the security and fast transfer of your money to your
bank. we have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved
to send the names of those bad offices to find and arrest them and
testify against them in the court of law. we have verify and secure
your entire transaction to be safe and 100 percent risk free.
you will be required to get back us with the following........
full name;
address;
phone number;
nearest airport;
occupation;
email address;
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