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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: Linda colman <colman_linda23@att.net>
Reply-To: lindababy56@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:44:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello my dear new friend,
Hello my dear new friend,
My name is Linda i found you worthy to be mine as some one whom i can
lay on his arms
as long as love is concern, caring and testing you all the nightlong,
If you are interested in knowing more about me and for me to send you
some pictures of mine, contact me with this:E-mail address (lindababy56@ymail.com)
Loving you forever Linda.
please contact me directly with my email address
(lindababy56@ymail.com)
with your own contact email address.
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