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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: Citibank Dubai Uae <manuela.gino@alice.it>
Reply-To: citibandubai@xd.ae
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:22:57 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Citibank Dubai Uae
This is to officially inform you that your payment that was Suppose to be made
payable to you from Africa bank
has been handed over to the Citibank Dubai,UAE by the Africa government due to
Africa countries irregularities
and inability to carry out the transaction of your fund and the kind of fraud
going on there in west Africa countries.
Your payment will be pay to you by the Citibank upon your comply with your
bank
account details and You are to
contact us with your personal nformation so that can serve you better and
urgent.Name Mr Arif Sanni Contact email: {citibandubai@xd.ae} contact Tele:
+971551658210 reconfirm your address
Reconfirm your, Full Name: ---State: ---City: ---Full Address: ---Phone
number:
Regards,
Citibank Dubai Uae
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