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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- 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.
- deface@cooltoad.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "COOL TOAD DE-FACE CLINIC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deface@cooltoad.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:25:12 +0530
Subject: Re: S.S.D SOLUTION/ DARK CURRENCY NOTE TO SPENTABLE MONEYS
Dear Sir/Madam
This is just to inform you that our company can clean out black money
called anti-breeze (stained money) bank notes
We are manufacturer and seller of all sort of chemicals which includes
S.S.D SOLUTION, SUPER AUTOMATIC SOLUTION, VECTROL PASTE and
TEBI-MANETIC SOLUTION, We have different types of chemicals that can
perfectly clean out your deface/black/stacked and dirty currency or
bank notes.
If you have made a kind of currency making business that your money is
stacked we can help you clean the money we have helped a lot of people
all over the world in this matter
we will clean your money on percentage basis
If you really want us to help you in this matter you must understand
the rules and get back to us if you are okay with it
We provide chemicals for anti-breeze bank notes currencies such as us.
Dollar, Euro, Pound, and many local currencies.
Please contact us to discuss how we might help you
Email:deface@cooltoad.com
Telephone:00447010032014
Thanks for your collaboration.
Dr. Church Gate
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