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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: Arisa Gift <arisagift77@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: gift.arisa@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:12:50 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hello darling ,
Hello darling ,
How are you doing today i hope every thing is fine ? if so thanks who made it so ,please My name is Gift and i am a girl . I personally became interested in establish relationship with you even more than that if you will have the desire with me. but as time goes on we will know better. I will be very glad if you can contact me through my email address so that i can send you my pictures and tell you more about myself for more discussion .I am waiting impatiently to hear from you again and have an endless special day & joyful moment and Be bless ,
Regards
Miss Gift
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