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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.
Fraud email example:
From: BANK NEGARA NEW YORK <mail_office100055@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: BANK NEGARA NEW YORK <mail.mail7777@virgilio.it>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:07:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re: BANK NEGARA NEW YORK ( OFFICE OF DIRECTOR) INFORM ( URGENT REPLY )
BANK NEGARA NEW YORK
Foreign Transfer Manager.
900 Third Avenue, 18th Floor New York
NY 10022 USA
OFFICE OF DIRECTOR
DEAR:
HOW ARE YOU? JUST TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR TOTAL FUND WILL RETURN BACK TO AFRICA AS YOUR NOT READY TO SEND THE FEE AND RECEIVE YOUR FUND
IF YOUR READY TO SEND THE FEE TODAY OR TOMORROW GET BACK TO ME WITHOUT IT PLEASE DONT TRY TO GET BACK OK,
WE HAVE GIVE YOU TIME YOU DIDN'T SEND THE FEE,
NOTE: I WILL NOT HAPPY IF YOUR FUND RETURN TO AFRICA TO AVOID SCAMMING YOU FROM AFRICA, I WILL NOT AGAIN ANY THING IF YOUR FUND RETURN TRY AS YOU WILL CAN'T TO SEND THE FEE AND GET YOUR FUND FROM (BANK NEGARA NEW YORK) UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT THAT IS THE BEST WAY YOU MAY RECEIVE YOUR TOTAL FUND WITHOUT PROBLEM.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU,
MR.KHAIRUZIN MOHAMMED ARIF.
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER ( F.T.M.)
BANK NEGARA NEW YORK
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