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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: SunTrust Bank Alabama USA <deliveringdelivering5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: suntrustbankalabamausa@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:12:14 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION
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Hello Good day my name is Mr. Williams Rogers from SunTrust Bank Alabama
USA it called Truist bank now.
Am contacting you regarding the compensation funds that was brought to
our bank some days ago by a delivering agent(agent Frank Godwin)
from FedEx delivery company united states of America he said that the
compensation funds is yours, your name was among those who was scammed
during the period of COVID-19
so he said that we should deposit or deliver the compensation funds to
your address or better still open account for you and deposit the
money in it and deliver your ATM withdrawal card.
so please am waiting for your response regarding the news. please
provide the information below.
Your Name_______
Address: ______
Occupation: ____
Phone Number: _____
Thanks, Best regards
Mr. Williams H. Rogers
CEO OF SUNTRUST Alabama USA
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