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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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- dhlexpress247@post.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: GMC TRUCKING COMPANY DEALERSHIP <alhbabamgs@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gmcdealership001@aol.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 10:37:18 -1200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON
Congratulation on your winning, your email have been selected and you
have been selected to receive 2023 GMC TRUCK with sum of Five Million
Five hundred thousand dollar cash price to be delivered to you through
DHL express so immediately you receive this email do your best to
comply with the DHL so that you can receive your legal wining okay.
this award is coming from GMC Lottery Department to help promote GMC
truck COMPANY in co-operation with Lord'stown Motor and United Nation
humanitarian organization , if you receive this email forward your
full name and valid current home address with your phone number to
verify you are the right person to avoid delivery to wrong identity,
you can forward Your Information to the DHL Express email below
( dhlexpress247@post.com )
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world in
which you were selected.
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned
to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
The GMC Company LOTTERY is approved by the United States Gaming Board
and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming
Regulators (IAGR).
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact the DHL
Express for more information as regards procedures to the claim of
your prize.
DHL Express is fast secure and reliable that is why The GMC and UNITED
NATIONS has chosen them to carry out this delivery because they use
cargo private jet to deliver your wining by next day delivery.
DHL Manager: NANCY COUNTERMAN
DHL official email: dhlexpress247@post.com
keep us posted immediately you hear from dhl so we can keep eye on
your delivery to ensure fast delivery of your wining.
Waiting For Urgent Reply.
God Bless You.
Jared Miller
General Manager At GMC
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