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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Dr Jude Solomon
Reply-To: <deductioncommittee@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 17:45:55 -0800
Subject: DEDUCTION COMMITTEE - FUND.
? Deduction Committee (DC)
Adress: 23 Garki road
Abuja Nigeria
(Deduction Committee)
Deduction Committee is here to deduct all outstanding fees from total
fund payment and the balance of your fund will be transfer to your
requested selected mode of payment as stated below:
( 1 ). KEY TESTED TRANSFER ( KTT )
( 2 ). AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPHIC MACHINE ( ATM )
( 3 ). ONLINE BANKING.
This Committee was set by the current administration of President
Federal republic of Nigeria Mohammadu Buhari to help those
beneficiaries that cannot pay for the full payment release fees which
has stopped them from receiving their fund
Therefore: to get the form and theform will permit the deduction of all outstanding fee from your total fund while the balance will be credited to your bank account before 30th of Nov. 2022.
Please if you don't have the deduction form kindly reply for directive
on how you will ger the deduction form immediately.
Yours faithful
Dr Jude Solomon
Chairman Deduction Committee
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