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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:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "mrrichardpeterson@foxmail.com" (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: "Barr.Philip Micheal" <nello.villani@alice.it>
Reply-To: mrrichardpeterson@foxmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 16:15:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM DHL COMPANY.
dhl delivery company Benin This e-mail has been issued to you in order to
Officially inform you that
your ATM visa card worth's $4.8million USD which has being registered
in our
dhl
company for delivery, in
which agent Richard Peterson had just arrived in International Airport new
Jersey USA airport
three hours ago, and you are
only needed to reconfirmed your delivery address below to him,
(1)name===========
(2)airport==========
(3)address=========
(4)id copy==========
(5)phone number====
(6)country=========
Contact our agent Richard Peterson
(mrrichardpeterson@foxmail.com)
phone_862-234-6787 ,as he is ready
to deliver once he receive your info
Thanks
Barr. Philip Micheal
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