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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: "manuel franco" <>
Reply-To: manuelfrancospende2@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:15:49 +0200
Subject: 2.000.000,00 Euro
Hallo je hebt een donatie van $ 2.045 miljoen (=80 2.000.000,00). Mijn naam=
is Manuel Franco uit de Verenigde Staten. Ik heb de Amerika-loterij gewonn=
en ter waarde van $ 768 miljoen en ik schenk een deel ervan aan slechts 5 g=
elukkige mensen en een paar weeshuizen als een memorandum van goede wil aan=
de mensheid. en ook als een manier van hulp bij de COVID 19-pandemie. Als =
u de ontvanger van deze e-mail bent, neem dan contact met mij op voor meer =
informatie en claims. Ik heb het misschien erg druk, maar ik zal de tijd ne=
men om op je te reageren.=
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