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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: "CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION" <johnm6400@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fbioffice493@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 09:08:09 -0700
Subject: Attention: Fund Beneficiary,
This will be the first and last we the entire FBI Head Office will remind
you about this issue, because it has been long and I believe by now you
have got this below message at least more than 4 times still you haven't
respond.
NOTE:
That the grace given to you as a legal Beneficiary has expired therefore
you should entitle of 2 Years Jail Sentence which will be taking care by
Police Interpol of your Country. So this is our last warning to you because
there is no way you should abandon your ATM visa card package worth of $25
millions USD dollars and BMW X6 car which is giving by the United States as
compensation beneficial funds in the airport because of Custom requirement
fee $500 Apple gift card or pay by bitcoin wallet only which they later
allow you to pay half of it as of now while the remaining half will be pay.
Once you've received your package.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Christopher Wray.
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
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