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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: OFFICE NOTE <hsbcc000000000001929@myfastbox.it>
Reply-To: <mgeorgemorgan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:29:00 +0000
Subject: REGARDING YOUR FUND TRANSFER / PLEASE RESPOND URGENTLY NOW
Dear Sir,
We have received a letter from Mr Fillipe Josef from the office of Wikimedia Foundation and in the text of the letter was an instruction with which you directed that your fund should be remitted to Daxia Bank in Brussels,Belgium.
We can confirm now that the fund has been transferred Yesterday and Daxia Bank will confirm the credit in Wikimedia Foundation's Account by 2Pm GMT 31-01-2013.Please find the Details of the Account where the fund transferred to below.Please let us know if you are aware of the transaction or not.
Account holder: Wikimedia Foundation
Bank: Dexia bank - Pachecolaan 44 - 1000 Brussels - Belgium
IBAN: BE43 0689 9999 9501
BIC (swift code): GKCCBEBB
Bank account number: 068-9999995-01
You can call me if you have any changes or for more information.
Kind Regards.
Morgan George
Consultant/Director. to the HSBC Bank, London.
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