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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: Williams Anderson <jahohastudios@ndrmusic.com>
Reply-To: willianderson02@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:10:37 +0800
Subject: Your ATM Card Approved
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Sir,
We sincerely apologies for the delay and inconvenience, it was as a
result of some irregularities and loss of information on our data bass
which has to some extents been resolved
We found out why you have not received your payment was because you
were dealing with non officials of the bank to secure the release of
the fund and you have to stop any further communication with any other
person(s) to avoid unnecessary delay.
Your ATM Card of $8 million USD as you were earlier informed has been
approved and you are to reconfirmed your details for delivery
Full name
Address
Mobile Number
Occupation
Country
Please get back to us with your full address where your ATM card
should be delivered to and to enable us upload the card within
reasonable time
Regards,
Mr. Williams Anderson
ATM Department
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