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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: Mrs Anturah Daniel Mathews <babe2care1845@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Anturah Daniel Mathews <andm.2011@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 02:58:41 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Donaci=F3n_para_la_caridad_Prop=F3sito?=
Donación para la caridad Propósito
Por favor, no soy experto en Internet y yo no sé si es muy seguro
compartir esta información con usted en este portal sin que nadie más lo sepa
al respecto. Por esta razón, yo no voy a revelar todo por ahora.
Yo era un ama de casa y ahora estoy enfermo y en el hospital. Los médicos dijeron
Tengo un par de meses de vida. Mi difunto marido Depositado Siete Millones Cuatrocientos Mil estadounidense
Dólares para mí en un banco aquí. Me encantaría que este
dinero que se transferirá a usted por mi abogado para que pueda utilizarlo para
caridad.
Si usted está interesado y necesita más aclaraciones, me amabilidad de contestar
con su nombre, dirección y número de teléfono y te enviaré mi
abogado detalla para ayudarle a obtener los fondos. Es lamentable
que las mujeres no tienen derechos en esta parte del mundo (continente africano).
Saludos cordiales.
Sra. Anturah Daniel Mathews.
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