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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. ANDERSON" <info.contact@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: andersonwood673@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 03:27:30 -0700
Subject: UNITED NATION PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
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Attention: Based on the meeting we have with United Nations and IMF offic=
ials on your payment, I writing to inform you that your files appeared on o=
ur desk to pay you a total payment of $1Million US Dollars of your funds fo=
r this First quarter of the year. But we are having misunderstanding becaus=
e one Ms.Carman Lapointe called yesterday that she is your new next of kin =
that you instructed her to receive the funds on your favor that you are tot=
ally sick and you can not work or answer any calls. But we were so confuse =
that is why the Authority instructed me to contact you for us to know if sh=
e is telling us the truth or not. She even forwarded this bank details to u=
s. Bank Name: Credit Union Na
Account Name: Carman Lapointe
Account number: 908374912
Swift code: cwd1u After she provided this account to us, she instructed u=
s not to inform you and we should transfer the funds into her account direc=
tly because she is your next of kin.Kindly check this account and name if w=
e can go ahead and transfer the funds into her account.As soon as you estab=
lish a convincible verification to match same information we already have i=
n our data base system, by ensuring that you provide the information as sho=
wn below correctly, processing and immediate transfer of the above funds th=
rough United Nations Regional Office * Full Names:
* Residential Address:
* Mobile Telephone Numbers:
* Sex:
* Age:
* Nationality:
* Country:
* Marital Status:
* E-mail id: We wait to hear from you soon. Don't keep us waiting for you=
r own good Mr Anderson Wood Deputy Executive Secretary
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