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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: "COLIN AND CHRIS WEIR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <colinchrisweir13@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:31:24 +0200
Subject: IL TUO CONTRIBUTO VOLONTARIO
Mia moglie e ho vinto la somma di 161.653.000 EuroMillions e hanno volontariamente deciso di donare la somma di 1.000.000 (un milione di euro), a voi come parte del nostro progetto di beneficenza 2013 per migliorare la sorte dei cinque fortunati individui in tutto thecontinents del mondo.
Il tuo indirizzo e-mail è stata tra le e-mail che sono state sottoposte a noi da Google, Inc. come un Web User;
Se avete ricevuto la nostra e-mail prego, gentilmente inviare i seguenti dettagli in modo che siamo in grado di trasferire il vostro 1.000.000 (un milione di euro), nel tuo nome.
1. Nome completo: .....................
2. Indirizzo di contatto: .....................
3. Casa Numero di telefono se presente: .....................
4. Numero di cellulare: .....................
5. Sesso: .....................
6. Età :: .....................
7. Impiego :: .....................
8. Nazionalità: .....................
Buona fortuna,
Colin e Chris Weir.
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