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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Carmen Dominguez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ya.contact1@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 19:07:30 -0700
Subject: Urgent & Swift Response Needed
My name is Mr Carmen Dominguez . I am using this opportunity to contact you that we received some report from the FBI/INTERPOL here in United State Of America concerning your dealings with some impostors that has contacting you with the different scams letters such as Winning Lottery and Craigslist , Compensation Payment, and Contract/Inheritance Payment etc.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience that these hoodlums, scammers and impostors might have cost you and we want to use these medium to assure you that a sum of {$20.5 MILLION USD} fund will be release to you by the United State of America Government along with any fund that might have been lost to those hoodlums.
Kindly get back to me with the below information for the finalization of your funds to you immediately without any delay.
Full Name:
Full Address:
Phone Number/Fax :
Occupation:
Country:
International Passport/ID Card:
We advice you to get back to us with the information required so that we can proceed to the next step taking to received your fund,Yours in service,
Thanks
Mr Carmen Dominguez
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