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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Pedro Quezada" <Quezada@nab.gov.pk>
Reply-To: luckywinningqpedro@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 01:28:48 +0500 (PKT)
Subject:
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Dear Sir/Madam,
My Wife and I Pedro Quezada won 338.3 Million USD in a Powerball lottery
and I have decided to donate the sum of 2Million USD to a Charity
Organization and the fund is with a leaving bank in London-UK.i will
reveal to you the name of the bank as you respond to help your self as one
of the beneficiary to help me carry out this wish.as you know that i
migrate to America but now i have gone back to my country Liverpool-United
Kingdom.Contact me via my personal email for more details you can verify
our story by visiting the web page below.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299067/Powerball-winner-Pedro-Quezada-shocked-ticket-worth-338million.html
All you need to do is send me your Full names and Residential
Address,Direct Telephone number,Marital Status,Age,Occupation an0
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