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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. Joe Thwaite" <vchibrikov@ipan.lublin.pl>
Reply-To: mrjoethwaite@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 03:25:44 +0100
Subject: Relief package
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This email is to inform you that a relief package has been approved for
you
in BTC from Mr. Joe Thwaite the May 2022 Euro-Millions winner of £184m
to
support your family/friends and the local community in this difficult
economic times. We believe with this relief package you can also be a
blessing to others around you. For details about claims kindly proceed
with
the instructions below:
Claims portal: https://golemcoin.net/
Customer ID: 46166128
Password: BC11@S1L3
Balance: 15.4 BTC
Cheers,
Joe Thwaite
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With regard to the data protection legislation, we would like to inform you
that your personal data is only processed pursuant to the EU GDPR regulations.
In case you would like to take a look at the Institute of Agrophysics PAS’ information
clause, you can find it online at: http://www.ipan.lublin.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/information-clause-IA-PAS.pdf
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