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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: "Dr. satya N. Nadella." <sanib8008@gmail.com>
Reply-To: satyannadella799@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:59:03 -0700
Subject: Liebe Gratulation!!!
HERZLICHEN GLÃCKWUNSCH!!!, SIE HABEN SICH GERADE EINE SUMME VON
10.500.000,00 $ (ZEHN MILLIONEN FÃNHUNDERTTAUSEND DOLLAR) BEI UNSERER
ZUFÃLLIGEN E-MAIL-AUSWAHL BEI DER MICROSOFT PREISGEWINNÃBUNG AM 20.
MÃRZ 2023 GEWONNEN DAS INTERNET UND FÃRDERUNG DER COMPUTER-KOMPETENZ
WELTWEIT. SIE MÃSSEN DIE NACHSTEHENDEN PERSÃNLICHEN INFORMATIONEN
BEREITSTELLEN, DAMIT WIR IHRE GEWINNE OHNE HINDERNIS VERARBEITEN
KÃNNEN: (1). NAME: (2). ADRESSE: (3). STAATSANGEHÃRIGKEIT: (4). ALTER:
(5). BERUF: (6). TELEFON: HERZLICHEN GLÃCKWUNSCH VOM GESAMTEN
MANAGEMENT UND MITARBEITER VON MICROSOFT COOPERATION AN ALLE UNSERE
GLÃCKLICHEN GEWINNER DIESES JAHRES. DANKE, DASS SIE TEIL DIESES
WERBE-LOTTERIEPROGRAMMS SIND. UNSER BESONDERER DANK UND DANK AN BILL
GATES VON MICROSOFT UND ALLE SEINE PARTNER FÃR DIE LINDERUNG DER ARMUT
AUF DER GANZEN WELT. AUFRICHTIG. DIE MICROSOFT INTERNET E-MAIL LOTTERY
AWARDS WERDEN VON UNSEREM CEO/Chairman gesponsert. BEACHTEN SIE, DASS
IHRE PREISINFORMATIONEN MIT DEN FOLGENDEN ANGABEN VON MICROSOFT
COMPANY(1) VERÃFFENTLICHT WURDEN. AUSZEICHNUNGSNUMMERN: UK/149/2022
(2). CHARGENNUMMERN: MSOFT/421/8PDH (3). REFERENZNUMMERN:
GB/54/132/921/MSOFT DR. SATYA N. NADELLA.
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