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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- davidewardjohn@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "MacKenzie Scott" <@sensoriente.com@hkwarchitects.com>
Reply-To: davidewardjohn@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:02:32 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!
My name is MacKenzie Scott, I am an author and the ex-wife of Amazon
founder Jeff Bezos and a philanthropist.. I plan to give away the
majority of my wealth during my lifetime, I had one idea that never
changed in my mind — that you should use your wealth to help people and
I have decided to secretly give USD 2.5Million to randomly selected
individuals worldwide during this pandemic period. On receipt of this
email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual.
Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly
get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email
address is valid.
click reply to contact me directly for comprehensive information.
Visit here for more information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sR_w3aDKLc
This is your donation code: 001288 Winning.
Hope to make you and your family happy.
Kindly contact-David John, via his Email
( davidewardjohn@gmail.com ) on how you want to receive your fund, and
also send to him your information.
YOUR FULL NAMES: ..........................
YOUR ADDRESS: ...........................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER: .......................
CELL PHONE NUMBER: .......................
AGE: .....................................
SEX: ....................................
YOUR OCCUPATION: ........................
POSITION HELD: ............................
Regards
Philanthropist
MacKenzie Scott
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