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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 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.
- neiltrotter013@smtp.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "donation@neiltrotter.co.uk" <aldeasanpedro@regiontacna.gob.pe>
Reply-To: "donation@neiltrotter.co.uk" <neiltrotter013@smtp.ru>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:34:18 -0500 (PET)
Subject: Congratulations!!
Hello friend!
my name is Neil Trotter, I'm from South London UK. In the month of
March 2014 I won £108m in the Euro Million Lottery after which i had
to set up a charity project in other to spread this great fortune.
Willingly am donating £1m each to five unknown individuals in my
ongoing End of year charity donation scheme. If you have received
this mail then you are one of my end of year lucky winners. Get back
to me with your name,address,Gender,Country and phone number for more
details on how you can receive your donation.
See article of my winning below:Copy the link to your browser to read my article
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26627075
Don't click reply just copy this email address: neiltrotter013@smtp.ru and send info
Sincerely,
Neil Trotter Donation Scheme
Email: neiltrotter013@smtp.ru
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