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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 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.
- dumbalin@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Stella Dumbalin" <mrs.stelladumbalin@yahoo.co.id>
Reply-To: dumbalin@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:10:34 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Good Day.
WB/US-TH/UN/2011 UNITED NATIONS.
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
WIRE TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT.
Email: dumbalin@rediffmail.com
Good Day.
DIRECTOR: WORLD FUND DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT AND PAYMENT BUREAU.
This letter is from the United Nation World Fund Discovery Management And Payment Bureau newly established by the World Financial Service Authority United States Of America and Asia Region.
This body was set up to discover an unpaid fund being owed to Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards.
It will interest you to know that we have discovered an unpaid / unclaimed sum of money in favour of your name and a mandate has been given to this body World Fund Discovery Management And Payment Bureau to ensure that this fund gets to you without delay. The funds in question was awarded to you for some time now and we have sent several emails and memo to you to come forward and make the claims but you failed to respond back to us.
Note that a special payment arrangement has been made to remit this fund to you either through Telegraphic Wire Transfer (Online Banking), Diplomatic Means of Payment or Alternatively come in person to any of our payment offices in Europe, America, Asia, Europe or Middle-East.
You are advised to furnish this office with your contact information to enable us open up communication with you regarding the release of your fund immediately.
Your Full Name:
Your Complete Address:
Name of City of Residence:
Date of Birth (Day / Month / Year):
Mobile Number:
Occupation:
Thanks and wishing you a prosperous new year. Upon the receipt of your email and personal details. Our United states payment representative will contact you as soon as we have a responds from you. Send it to this Email:( dumbalin@rediffmail.com )
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Stella Dumbalin.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General.
For Internal & Foreign Payment/Transfer.
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