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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.
- 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.
- john.addo3@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "John Addo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnaddo54@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:15:12 -0800
Subject: Your Payment Is Ready Awaiting your Response
Attention Please,
I has been mandated to communicate with you of which I tried many times to reach you without success,However if you receive this message, Do get back to me urgent as it is important to inform you that your fund $10.9Million is ready to be transferred into your account.
All you need to do is to get back to me with your full contact/account details so that I can forward it to the bank for onward transfer of the fund into your account.I am of the opinion that you respond as soon as possible so that we can have this fund into your account without further REPLY THROUGH THIS email: john.addo3@aol.com
Regards.
Mr.John Addo.
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