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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.
- peter.hello1967@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. Peter Simons" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <center.ny.iotam@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 18:52:10 +1200
Subject: Kindly Read And Respond: We Are Also Worried.
I hope that this correspondence is received with the
urgency and expediency required.
It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees of
the Federal Reserve Bank here in Washington, D.C. that
your present inheritance claims application being handled
by the Remitting Bank in Africa is experiencing some man
made irregularities.To this effect, it has become necessary
for the Board of Trustees to assign trained Fund Transfer
Specialists from the United States to resolve and regularize
your fund release with immediate effect.
We at Peter Simons & Consults have been duly consulted by
the FRB Board of Trustees. We have been fully informed about
how the staff of the remitting bank has been taking advantage
of you by telling you to pay unnecessarily exorbitant charges
which will only make your fund payment a long drawn out process.
Due to this development, we have been assigned to step
into the immediate processing of your fund transfer to
enable your funds to be transferred to you within the
shortest possible time. To implement this, you are to
get back to us immediately without needing to pay all
the huge sums of monies that are being demanded from
you by the previous handlers at the remitting bank.
All processes to have your funds paid to you immediately
through the Bank's Liaison Remittance Office in New York
have been initiated to cut out unnecessary costs.
You are advised to treat this communication with the urgency
and seriousness required as the Board of Trustees of the Federal
Reserve Bank has mandated us to resolve this fund payment within
the next three working days independent of the office of the Remitting
Bank in Africa.
Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges
to the Remitting Bank in Africa as they shall no longer be handling
your payment process.
We shall await your immediate correspondence with your direct telephone
numbers to my private email address at (peter.hello1967@aol.com) for
re-confirmation so that we may conclude your payment immediately.
Yours Sincerely,
Peter Simons.
Peter Simons & Consults.
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