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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.
- ericonosi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: ''Nsabinama Eric''<harima@flex-communication.com>
Reply-To: ericonosi@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:56:16 +0000
Subject: Help.
Hi,
I am Eric 19, of Late Professor Nsabinama Tom from Rwanda. I got your e-mail in the internet while searching for a business partner who will assist me to repatriate the amount of $21 million belonging to my father in a foreign bank.
I was adopted to my late father at the age of 1/3 months according to my father, and I am the only child and heir apparent until the uncle was accused of plotting with the people who killed him because of the family land property which forced me to ran away.
See my personal e-mail: ericonosi@yahoo.com for you to contact me if you want to help and for me to know where to meet with you.
Eric
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