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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: "Mrs Angela Lopez" <test@freecard.jp>
Reply-To: mrsangelalopez53@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:19:10 +0200
Subject: Hello.
I am Mrs. Angela Lopez from UKRAINE.I was married to the late Engr. Fraiser Lopez,who worked for Twenty-Six years in an oil firm before he died in the year 2004 after a brief illness that lasted only a few days.
On his departure from earth he deposited the sum of US$20.5 M in a firm here. Due to my ill and deteriorating health that has choked me to have made me lose so much strength without any guarantee or hope of surviving (Cancer of the Lungs),my Doctor told me that my chances of living on earth are so limited to live than I required due to my health condition. and now I am looking forward to a reliable person that will reach out to the world with this fund by using it to touch the lives of the orphanage,homes,and every charitable works with humility.
I will tell more secrets about the treasure when I read from the person.
Mrs Angela Lopez
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