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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: "Jan Yiu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <janyiu@live.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:30:14 -0400
Subject: Ich brauche deine Partnerschaft !
Guten Tag
Ich brauche eine geschäftliche Partnerschaft:
Ich kontaktierte Sie auf diese Weise durch die Notwendigkeit und Dringlichkeit dieser Transaktion 7,3 Millionen US-Dollar. Ich bin ein Manager in einer Bank in China und ein Finanzberater für private Investoren in meiner Bank.
Diese Kunden starb ohne eine schriftliche Testament / nächsten Verwandten. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dokumente umfasst in diesem Transaktion sind legal und in jedem Gericht haltbar. Sobald ich Ihre Antwort erhalten, ist ich Sie diese Transaktion anzugeben.
Herzliche Grüße
Januar Yiu
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