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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: Dr Alexander Hadonou <americ@sage.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Dr Alexander Hadonou <alexanderhadonou1@outlook.fr>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:37:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?=C2=A1Saludos!?=
¡Saludos!
Después de mucha consideración sobre este asunto, deseo de buscar su colaboración en esta búsqueda creyendo que va a proteger esta transacción y darle la atención que merece.
Me gustarÃa saber si podemos trabajar juntos. Me gustarÃa estar de pie como los familiares a un cliente fallecido en mi oficina de su paÃs que hizo un depósito a plazo fijo muy importante en nuestro banco y murió desafortunadamente sin ningún registrados familiares designar a su depósito, que ha puesto este depósito en mandato beneficiario abierta para cualquier persona con información precisa de los fallecidos a reclamar. Busco su colaboración y cooperación para que demandemos este depósito con éxito. Yo te guiaré con información que pueda ser exigida a ustedes desde mi oficina para que nosotros reivindicamos este fondo para nuestro desembolso mutuo.
Si esta oferta le agrada y encuentra gracia en tus ojos, por favor hágamelo saber para obtener más detalles.
Atentamente,
Dr Alexander
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