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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:
- "icccellularscheme14@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: ICC CRICKET CELLULAR SCHEME AWARDS <info.freelottointernational@administratives.com>
Reply-To: efbservices02@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:19:43 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
ICC CRICKET CELLULAR SCHEME AWARDS CENTER.
CELLULAR NUMBER SELECT AWARD HELD IN UK LONDON,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your active CELLULAR NUMBER has just won you the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling in our annual international ICC Cellular Promotion Award held in UK LONDON. Award winners emerge through random selection of thousands of active Cellular subscribers online. Three out of thousands of Cellular benefit from this promotion.
Payment of Prize and Claim
Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. This Prize Award must be claimed in not less than 15 days from date of draw and notification, after which unclaimed prizes will be cancelled.
YOU ARE A WINNER NO: 2
Below are Your Identification Numbers:
Batch Number: ENC/08/APA-43658
Reference Number: ENC560992011
Award File Security code: London/+ QU34005
PLEASE CONTACT THE PROCESSING MANAGER WITH THE DETAILS BELOW.
Name: Mr MARK HARPER
E-mail: icccellularscheme14@outlook.com
Kindly send the following information to him for the facilitation/release of your fund.
1. Full Name:
2. Country of Origin:
3. Country of Resident:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Contact Address:
6. Winning E-mail Address:
7. Occupation
8. Age:
9. Marital Status:
10. Sex/Gender:
11. Copy of your International passport or Drivers license:
12.Bank Name:
13.Account Number:
14.Bank Branch:
15.IFS CODE:
Looking forward to hear from you.
Thanks
Dr Adam Lifegate
Once our agent acknowledges receipt of this required detail, transfer would commence.
Congratulations!! Once Again.
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