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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: Mme Ariane ROBIN <aldo.tigre@alice.it>
Reply-To: a.robin1945@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:53:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: QUE DIEU VOUS BENISSE
Bonsoir
Je me norme Mme Ariane ROBIN une veuve de nationalité Française qui a depuis
toujours tourné ces intensions sur l'humanité et surtout la réalisation des
Å“uvres humanitaires .Pour ce fait , je voudrais prendre par vous pour
réalisation un projet qui consiste à mettre ma fortune à votre disposition afin
que ces œuvres soient réalisées car je suis sous observation médicale à LONDRES
et je n'a plus beaucoup d’espoirs pour vivre longtemps sur cette Terre .
Veuillez me répondre pour plus d'explication à propos de mon projet de
réalisation des œuvres humanitaires.
Portez vous bien.
Mme Ariane ROBIN
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