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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr.rolandbilly@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: gabriel smith <gs3039695@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.rolandbilly@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:51:47 +0100
Subject: loan offer
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Solicitar una manera rápida y conveniente de pagar cuentas y comenzar
una nueva tasa de interés de financiación de proyectos de crédito 2%
más barato. Póngase en contacto con nosotros hoy a través de correo
electrónico: mr.rolandbilly@gmail.com monto del préstamo es necesario
que nuestra oferta mÃnima de 1.000,00 préstamo es la posibilidad de un
préstamo amount.I'm certificada registrada y legÃtima lender.You
contacto conmigo hoy, Si usted está interesado en obtener este
préstamo, póngase en contacto conmigo para obtener más información
sobre el proceso del préstamo, proceso al igual que las condiciones de
crédito y cómo el préstamo será transferido a usted. Necesito su
respuesta urgente, y si usted está interesado.
Introduzca la información necesaria para que usted:
(1) Nombre completo:
(2) Cantidad necesaria como préstamo:
(3) Número de teléfono:
(4) Duración:
(5) PaÃs:
(6) Estado / Provincia:
(7) Ingreso mensual:
(8) Estado:
(9) Edad / sexo:
(10) Propósito del Préstamo:
Nota: Todas las respuestas deben ser enviadas mr.rolandbilly@gmail.com
para el procesamiento rápido.
Gracias,
Sr. Roland billy
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