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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.
- 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.
- sergeik2@aol.co.uk (Aol, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Lukoil Oil & Gas Company Russia"<info@loan.org>
Reply-To: sergeik2@aol.co.uk
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 07:34:41 +0530
Subject: RE:
Your Attention, Please allow me to crave your indulgence and share a busin=
ess proposition with you. I am Sergei kukura, I am the Director heading the=
accounting department of the Lukoil Oil & Gas Company Russia. Yearly we re=
ceive returned investment dividend warrants issued by our company to shareh=
olders and investors. These warrants have accumulated to very substantial v=
alue. Some of these warrants bear the same name with you. I propose with yo=
ur active cooperation to file for re-issue of these warrants in your name. =
Please confirm your interest or participation by responding to this email w=
ith your contact details. These information will enable file for the re-iss=
ue in your name. I will put more information at your disposal upon the rece=
ipt of your email. Please reply to my personal email : sergeik2@aol.co.uk T=
hank you. Sergei Kukura sergeik2@aol.co.uk
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