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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "allenvioletlarge2@9.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "allenvioletlarge2@9.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Maryse Viviand <Maryse.Viviand@univ-paris1.fr>
Reply-To: allenvioletlarge2@9.cn
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:01:26 +0200
Subject: Hello
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This is my fifth times of writing you this email since last year till date but
no response from you. Hope you get this one, as this is a personal email
directed to you. My wife and I won a Jackpot Lottery of $11.3 million in July
and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $500,000.00 USD to
you as part
of our own charity project to improve the lot of 10 lucky individuals all over
the world. If you have received this email then you are one of the lucky
recipients and all you have to do is get back with us so that we can send your
details to the payout bank.
Please note that you have to contact my private email for more informations
(allenvioletlarge2@9.cn)
You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326473/Canadian-couple-Allen-Violet-Large-away-entire-11-2m-lottery-win.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/11/04/ns-allen-violet-large-lottery-winning.html
Good luck,
Allen and Violet Large
Email: allenvioletlarge2@9.cn
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pour des virus ou des polluriels et rien de
suspect n'a ete trouve.
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