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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: Anthony <info@cmtl.tl>
Reply-To: md@neroffshore.com
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 15:09:49 +0900 (TLT)
Subject: CHECK THIS 5 OFFER FROM PMFR
Greetings....
Hope your day is going well...
I would like to inform you about five aspects of our services:
1) We can give loan for your projects. All we need is feasibility study of your current project also the budget analysis.
2) If you are interested in buying bitcoin, we have a very good and fast procedure. For our purchases, we can arrange a face-to-face meeting for BTC transactions making the deal absolutely safe and transparent.
3) . We also do Monetization of any banking instrument and provide a great outcome. Our procedures are very simple without taking much stress and time from our customers.
4) We help to establish companies and open bank accounts for any client in Cyprus and U.A.E. We are very much happy to see our satisfied customers.
5) We also provide you with banking instruments from “A†rated banks as well as financial institutions.
kindly give a feedback for proper clarification.
Regards
Anthony
U.A.E
PMFR
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