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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.
- 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.
- litasong34@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Senhorita Chanlina Chan <correo@protege.cll>
Reply-To: <litasong34@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:16:08 -0700
Subject: Entre em contato comigo se estiver interessado.135 AMS
Caro amigo
Como est? indo o seu dia? Prazer em conhec?-lo. Quero discutir algo muito importante com voc?. Tenho um forte pressentimento de que voc? ? um pessoa confi?vel., Mas voc? deve me prometer que nunca me decepcione
Sou gerente assistente de marketing em um banco aqui em Phnom Penh Camboja. Um dos nossos ?ltimos clientes do seu pa?s tem o mesmo nome como o seu . Ele morreu h? 4 anos e deixou $ 10,7 milh?es Estados Unidos d?lares em sua conta. Desde ent?o, nenhum parente veio reclamar sua dinheiro .
Acho que podemos resolver as coisas. Infelizmente, meu cliente morreu com seu fam?lia em um acidente de carro durante as f?rias de ver?o de 2017 na Fran?a. Eu vou explicar tudo para voc? se voc? estiver interessado. mas voc? tem que
prometa-me que posso confiar em voc?.
Volte para mim neste endere?o de e-mail ( litasong34@gmail.com ) se voc? est? interessado para que eu possa explicar os procedimentos e o que precisamos fazer para reivindicar os fundos dentro de 2 semanas.
Com os melhores cumprimentos
Cumprimentos.
Senhorita Chanlina Chan
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