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fighting spam and scams on the Internet
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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: Ursula Van Beek <eikensaadtp4599@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ursulavanbeek820@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 16:56:30 +0100
Subject: Call OR Text +1 [207] 274 7432
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THIS IS LAST ORDER FROM IMF COMPANY.
Attention Beneficiary, this is to bring to your notice that
international monetary funds (imf) has finalized all the
investigation carried out regarding your funds . valued at 20.5
million USD
During the investigation,we noticed that your funds has been in
federal reserve bank (FRB) for 1 years . You had suffered a lot to get
this fund, but internet fraudsters keep on scamming which made you to
lose your trust and alot of thousands of dollars.
Get back to me as soon a possible for more information about your fund
and the right office with your fund.
How do you wish to receive this fund,
ATM card delivery
Cash Delivery
Bank Transfers
You are to choose a way you want to receive your fund and reply back
to me along with your full address
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