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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.
- pelagiebarose@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mne Pelagie Barose <fagiani.cristiano@alice.it>
Reply-To: pelagiebarose@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:24:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Bonjour,_Bien_Aim=C3=A9_en_Christ.?=
Bonjour, Bien Aimé en Christ.
Veuillez tolérer ma présence dans votre boite E-mail car je souhaite
vivement
fais quelque chose de très importante avec
vous. Je m’appel Mme PELAGIE BAROSE
et cela fera plusieurs jours que je me bats contre une maladie et la
médecine
ne peut rien suite aux résultats des examens médicaux dont mes jours sont
comptés selon l’investigation de mon Docteur traitant ceci étant le cancer de
cerveau. Si je vous contact c'est pour vous faire jouir d'une grande somme de
mes biens que je vous offre afin de gérer comme s'il était le votre une
sommes
de (UN MILLION VINGT CINQ MILLE DOLLARS US (1.025.000 US
solitude est un jardin où l'âme se dessèche. Les fleurs qui y poussent n'ont
pas de parfum. Je ne demande rien en retour sauf votre prière et fais
profiter
également les plus pauvres autour de vous, je vois maintenant une faible
chance
pour que je survive à cause de mon état critique. Veuillez donc accepter mon
offre afin de m'aider a honoré ma promesse que j'avais faite a mon maître d’
église avant de mourir. Pour en savoir plus écrivez-moi sur mon adresse
email:
pelagiebarose@yahoo.fr
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