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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: RICHARDPETRELLI <joeburrows156@gmail.com>
Reply-To: petrellirichard17@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 02:27:11 -0700
Subject: hello
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Hello good day My name is DOMINIC RAAB from HSBC BANK UK office
address. 593, 599 Fulham Rd., London SW6 5UA, United Kingdom I have
been trying to contact you since but I am always busy thank God that I
have contacted you today to let you know that the government of united
kingdom has brought your £45,000,000.00 to our office branch do to
the overall fraudulent activities going on with many banks in the
world now they have brought your consignment box here cus they know
that our office is legitimate and also trusted we do not cheat people
and we work with FBI and custom to avoid fraudulent activities and I
assure the government of united states that i will never let them down
and when they brought the money they made a decision to send you the
money via ATM card but you can still make a choice how you want to
receive this money.
Get back to me with your full name and selfie picture of you with your
state I'd card for my assurance and security reasons to avoid wrong
transaction
Thank you very much for your understanding
I will be glad to receive your response
Regards DOMINIC RAAB
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