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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.
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- alilegal01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- the general conditions of delivery of your winning email: alilegal01@gmail.com alilegalm.ali728@yahoo.com tel: +(85510482537) lottery (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Lotterylatterbox" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alilegal01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:25:36 +0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
DIRECTION OF THE PROMOTION OF THE INTERNET AND THE DIRECTION OF LOTTERY GAMES
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL BILL GATES
Ref. Number: 22/756/4007
Lot #: 497001527-AB66
Number of gain: AB 164C
Sir / Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of international programs lottery winners held two days ago of this year in our head office in London.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 9570015948-6410 with serial number 3648042 - 510 drew lucky numbers 4-14-66-71-07-36 which consequently won in the 1st category. 250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand euro).
PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF GAIN
Please email your information within 48 hours at address electronic Master Martin Anderson bailiff instructed to indicate the general conditions of delivery of your winning
Email: Alilegal01@gmail.com
Alilegalm.ali728@yahoo.com
Tel: +(85510482537)
LOTTERY WINNER FORM MICROSOFT CORPORATION
1st Name ...............................
Other names ................................
Sex ..............................
Country ..............................
City ...............................
Postcode ................................
Geographical Address ..............................
Tel / Fixed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....
Email ...............................
Occupation ...............................
Nationality :..........................
Age ...............................
To avoid errors, please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in the mail that you send to our management that are:
Ref. Number: 22/756/4007
Lot Number: 49 7001547-AB66
Number of Gain: AB 164C
Attached form winner
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically removed.
Sincerely,
Operations Director
Mr David JOHNSON
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