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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: "ASHLEY" <1441922081@qq.com>
Reply-To: <386458280@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:53:37 -0400
Subject: pls. contact me
greetings my dear?forgive me for burdering you. but you have to
understand that after going through your profile, My heart acepted
you,Honestly my heart loves you. I beleive you are the person I am
looking for. I like you my
dear ,and I want to hold a very strong relationship with you.Please
don't brake my heart. Promise me you will not brake my heart I am
very soft haerted person and I will not want you to brake my heat.I
will not brake your heart forever. I will send my pictures as soon as
I hear from you I will stop here my love.until i receive your lovely
reply barck to my email box.
Have a lovely day
Lots of love from
Ashley
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