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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:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "d_dawes123@qq.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: "Dave Dawes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <d_dawes123@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 03:41:36 +0200
Subject: (Good News)We await your urgent response.
This is a personal email directed to you, My wife and I won a Euromillions of £101m Pounds jackpot and we have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of ONE MILLION POUNDS to you as part of our own charity project to improve the lot of 20 lucky individuals all over the world.
We believe that this wonderful opportunity came to us from God and we cannot keep it to ourselves alone, If you have received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back to us with your particulars so that we can send your details to the pay-out bank.
Please you can verify this by visiting the web pages below to see our interview;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15253038
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHXRDHqTZ8&list=PL1HnjGesrLVLGhFrl5nbeC1dcSJ8niqQm
Your email address was submitted to my wife and I by the Google Management Team and you received this email because we have listed you as one of the lucky Millionaires and all you have to do is get back to us via e-mail: d_dawes123@qq.com kindly sends us the below details so that we can direct you to our pay-out Bank to effect disbursement as soon as possible.
Full Name:
State:
Country:
DOB:
Occupation:
Age:
Bank Name:
Sex:
Mobile/Tel:
Alternative Email:
And one more thing, this donation is made out to you as to enable you strengthen your personal issues and mostly to generously help us extend hands of giving to the less privilege, orphans and charity organizations within your locality.
We await your urgent response.
Regards
Dave Dawes.
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