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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 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.
- bulk4bulk@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bulk4bulk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 00:15:46 -0500
Subject: RE: I GOT YOUR MESSAGE
Please note that our websites http://www.bulkrocket.com and http://www.bulk4bulk.16mb.com has been copied by so many fake people claiming to be hackers saying they have this and that hence are ripping people off with a website that looks like ours and damaging our reputation. So when you see a website that looks like ours forget the name and look for our number which has never changed from the begining till date to be sure you are dealing with bulk4bulk server tools.
Look for our number +27 735 779 027 and yahoo messenger bulk4bulk@yahoo.com to be sure it is the bulk4bulk server tools you have known for long or might have been hearing about.
We are still that trusted name for well tested SMTP, WEBMAILS, RDP, HIGH RESPONSE EMAIL LEADS and we also design some customized softwares to suit your needs.
If you are not our former customer please dont waste your time and ours asking for test because you will not get it, rather you can start by buying cheap tools from 10usd then after you confirm our quality and transparency you start doing business with us buying things of higher cost.
Call us now on +27 735 779 027 or chat with us on my yahoo messenger bulk4bulk@yahoo.com so we do business as usual
David
+27 735 779 027
bulk4bulk@yahoo.com
http://www.bulkrocket.com
http://www.bulk4bulk.16mb.com
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