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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.
- barr.charles1954@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. Francesco Masoni" <masoni12@outlook.com>
Reply-To: barr.charles1954@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:33:17 -0500
Subject: UYARI
Sevgili Yararlanici,
Size mutlu bir sekilde dünya Vakfi Sosyal yardim destek düzeninin beraberlik ilan. Online piyango uluslararasi program 26 Ekim 2015 düzenlenen. Online e-posta hesabinizi dünya Vakfi refah tarafindan $850,000.00 (sekiz yüz ve elli bin United State Dolari) belgili tanimlik sansli kazanan biri olarak seçti. Senin paran ATM Visa banka karti veren bizim banka (Afrika Amerika Bankasi) tarafindan adresinize teslim içine yüklendi.
Not: Kendi e-posta olarak aninda bizim isisini ödeme Koordinatörü'ne basvurun üzeresiniz: Barr (barr.charles1954@gmail.com). Charles Olu, bilgilerinizi DHL Express kurye hizmeti araciligiyla size ATM Visa karti teslim etmek için.
Ürün kodu: UN-DMP-3999-VOL21X-14 kodudur.
Saygilarimizla,
Dr. Francesco Masoni
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