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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.
- churchofsataiiluminati@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: malawi <luckwill44@gmail.com>
Reply-To: churchofsataiiluminati@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 01:49:02 -0700
Subject: DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE ILLUMINATI BROTHERHOOD?
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JOINING THE ILLUMINATI BRINGS YOU INTO THE LIMELIGHT OF THE WORLD IN
WHICH YOU LIVE IN TODAY. YOUR FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES ARE BROUGHT TO AN
END. WE SUPPORT YOU BOTH FINANCIALLY AND MATERIALLY TO ENSURE YOU LIVE
A COMFORTABLE LIFE, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH PART OF THE WORLD YOU
LIVE IN FROM THE UNITED STATES DOWN TO THE MOST REMOTE PART OF THE
EARTH, WE BRING YOU ALL YOU WANT. BEING AN ILLITERATE OR A LITERATE IS
NOT A BARRIER TO BEING A MILLIONAIRE BETWEEN TODAY AND THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS. YOU BEING IN THIS OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE TODAY SIGNIFIES THAT IT
WAS ORDERED AND ARRANGED BY THE GREAT LUCIFER THAT FROM NOW ON, YOU
ARE ABOUT TO BE THAT REAL AND
INDEPENDENT HUMAN YOU HAVE ALWAYS WISHED YOU WERE. WE DON’T
DISCRIMINATE IF YOU ARE WHITE OR BLACK. SEND AN EMAIL TO:
(churchofsataiiluminati@gmail.com)
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