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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- elyse_lebreau@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mme Elyse Lebreau <varanico@tin.it>
Reply-To: elyse_lebreau@rocketmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 07:48:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: bonjour, toutes mes confience a vous
onjour,
On m'appelle Mme ELYSE LEBREAU nationalité Française. Je suis
actuellement hospitalisée à l’hôpital THE ROYAL MARSDEN of Sutton
(ENGLAND) pour le
traitement d’une tumeur cérébrale que je traine depuis 8 ans. En effet
je vous contacte car mon défunt mari et moi avions mobilisé une petite
fortune
que nous envisageons investir dans les Å“uvres humanitaire. Mais compte
tenu de mon état de santé je ne pourrai plus m'en occupé
personnellement.
J'ai donc besoin de quelqu'un ayant la crainte de DIEU pour amener Ã
bout ce
projet. Merci de me Contactez aujourd'hui même sur mon mail
elyse_lebreau@rocketmail.com afin de vous donner de plus amples
explications sur mon
projet de donation car je me connecte une fois en passant sur ce réseau
de rencontre.
Merci pour la compréhension
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