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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
- 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.
- tallmaninbox@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Wallace Tallman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tallmaninbox@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:18:29 -0700
Subject: From Wallace Tallman
Hello,
I am Wallace Tallman USA ARMY, from Lisbon Portugal, living in USA Taxes Citizen. I am 47 years this is a very top scarcity we discover US$6.5million in our camp, we discover that this fund belong to Bokoroharam Bomb Blast Terrorist that we are here to stop them so I and my colleague took the box money to a security company and deposited it as family treasure because we don’t want them to known that the content of the box is money for security reason
So I and my colleague have agreed to look for someone that can help us get the box I also let them known that it will not be from Africa, I known you will not let me down so we agreed to send the box money to you so that you will receive it and keep it save on till we come back to state we agreed we are going to share the money equal with you and we are four in number so if you can help us please gat back to us with your receive address where the box will be sent. To enable us gave you the certificate of deposit and order information you needed to conclude the transaction. get back to me on my yahoo ID: tallmaninbox@hotmail.com so that we can chat and know more about our selves.basr on the scam that is going on you may find it difficult to believe me, if you want to know more about me I will send you my id and Passport please keep it to your self any order information you need from me to prove that this is not scam I will prove it to you
Thanks
Wallace Tallman
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