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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: "NORA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bnnora@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:30:39 -0700
Subject: i waiting to hear from you
HELLO,
I COME TO ANNOUNCE THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT MY MONEY, I FINALLY ARRIVE IN THIS COUNTRY TO GET MY FOURTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR PERSONALLY. GOD SO MERCIFUL, I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE BANK SUCCESSFULLY. I NEED YOU TO JOIN ME HERE TO FIND SOLUTION TOGETHER TO GET EVERYTHING DONE IN ORDER THAT WE GET THIS 14.5 MILLION DOLLAR OUT OF THIS COUNTRY TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. I HAVE SOLUTION THUS?, I WILL OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMMISSION UPON CONCLUSION OF THE TRANSFER INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. I WILL GIVE YOU ALL AND FULL DETAILS OF THE BANK ON MY NEXT MAIL UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE MAIL.
I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SINCERELY,
NORA.
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