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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: ROBERT WILLIAM <blessingonyeka654@gmail.com>
Reply-To: robertwilliam22443@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 04:14:54 -0700
Subject: Good news
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Hello how are you doing today I am mr Stephen McAllister the attorney of mr
Davis bon I am here to let you know that mr Davis bon is a celebrity man
here in United States of American and he has two companies of Dealership of
ford car here in New Jersey and other one in Texas and there cars and four
houses two here in New Jersey and other two in Texas and he have 30 billion
dollars on his account and mr Davis bon have any accident last month with
his two children and his wife and he lost his family all and mr Davis bon
is now in the hospital and why I contact you is that mr Davis bon gave me
your contact and he told me that he want you to hand over all his property
to you that he knows you as a good one and mr Davis bon which I am telling
you about now has been already given date by doctor and he will die by
next week and that is why mr Davis bon told me to contact you that he wants
all his property belongs to you so he will sign the document and he all the
property will be yours okay so get back to my text right now
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