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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: VERY IMPORTANT AND URGENT <depositfinanse@gmail.com>
Reply-To: patriciamahoney294@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 01:53:47 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?wqHCoU11eSBpbXBvcnRhbnRlIHkgdXJnZW50ZSEh?=
¡¡Muy importante y urgente!!
Soy patricia mahoney, la nueva embajadora de estados unidos en benin. Hoy
recibà la suma total de $ 2,4 millones de dólares del gobierno de benin
como compensación por lo que pasó en nombre de su paÃs.
Le enviamos este correo electrónico para informarle oficialmente que,
durante nuestra investigación, descubrimos que su dirección de correo
electrónico se seleccionó automáticamente como una de las direcciones de
correo electrónico de la vÃctima.
También queremos informarle que su fondo se ha liquidado y acreditado con
éxito en una tarjeta de cajero automático Visa de $ 2,4 millones de dólares
que se le entregará a través de servicios de mensajerÃa.
Esta oficina le enviará una tarjeta mastercard que utilizará para retirar
sus fondos en cualquier centro de cajero automático o punto de venta
mastercard en todo el mundo con un máximo de $ 5000 usd por dÃa.
ahora le recomendamos que nos vuelva a enviar su información a
continuación antes de continuar.
1. nombre completo:
2. dirección completa:
3. PaÃs:
4. Teléfono:
5. ocupación:
6.fecha de nacimiento:
tuyo en servicio
embajadora patricia mahoney.
Embajador de Estados Unidos en BenÃn.
Teléfono directo: + 229-69728179.
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