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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: "Dr. Dorothy Ugweze" <www.ww@movie.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr. Dorothy Ugweze" <officefile09@uymail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:37:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR ATM MASTER CARD IS READY FOR DELIVERY
TO YOUR ATTENTION
The Federal Ministry of Finance Benin Republic as concluded with the bank after our meetings with the UNITED NATION every scam victims will receive his/her fund $1.5M through ATM MASTER CARD and that it will be loaded in VISA ATM MASTER CARD and send to you because of ongoing scams in Africa on the internet and we have concluded every arrangement with the DHL director in respect of the delivery and they have concluded that you will pay only $75.00 and you are ask urgently today to reconfirm your delivery information and as soon as we receive your information ,we will provide you with the details where you will use to send us the delivery fee of the $75.00
Thank you as we wait today to receive the detail as your card has been listed among others to be delivering this week.
Best Regards
Dr.Dorothy Ugwueze
Federal Ministry of Finance Benin Republic.
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