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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.
- 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.
- marthaharperolteanu@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Martha Olteanu <accounts@bittel.in>
Reply-To: marthaharperolteanu@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 01:05:52 +0100
Subject: Bevestig e-maileigendom
Bevestig alstublieft het bestaan van uw e-mailadres dat willekeurig is geselecteerd om een geldprijsaanbieding ter waarde van $ 1.700.000 Amerikaanse dollars te winnen als liefdadigheidsgeschenk (donatie) van de Martha Harper Foundation. Dit werd uitgevoerd door een elektronische spinball-trekking met behulp van macro soft Inc. om actieve e-mails te selecteren.
Beantwoord deze e-mail marthaharperolteanu@gmail.com
om alle informatie te krijgen die u nodig heeft om uw geldprijsdonatie te claimen, gefeliciteerd!
Oprichter: Mevr. MARTHA HARPER OLTEANU
E-mail: marthaharperolteanu@gmail.com
Please confirm the existence of your email address it was randomly selected to win a cash prize offer worth $1,700,000 United States dollars as a charitable gift (Donation) from Martha Harper Foundation. This was conducted by an electronic spinball draw through the help of macro soft Inc. to select active emails.
Reply to this email marthaharperolteanu@gmail.com
to get all the information you will need to claim your cash prize donation, congratulations!
Founder: Mrs. MARTHA HARPER OLTEANU
E-Mail: marthaharperolteanu@gmail.com
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