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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: "Mr. Matt Creasey" <matt.crsey@gmail.com>
Reply-To: matt.creasey_uk316@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 15:35:02 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Information_und_Gelegenheit_f=C3=BCr_unsere_beiden_gegenseitige?=
=?utf-8?q?n_Nutzen?=
Saludos Estimado amigo,
Tengo una oportunidad ahora en mi banco que puede beneficiar a ambos. 18, =
500.000 libras fue abandonado por mi cliente fallecido Ronald Bramlage que =
muri=F3 en un accidente de avi=F3n privado con toda su familia y no hereder=
o del fondo. Usar=E9 mi posici=F3n como Gerente de Programa Senior del banc=
o para darle informaci=F3n / documentos necesarios si usted trabaja conmigo=
para que podamos obtener y compartir el dinero 55/45.
Lo terminaremos y conseguiremos el dinero en su cuenta bancaria dentro de =
unos cuantos d=EDas h=E1biles bancarios. Env=EDeme los detalles a continuac=
i=F3n para que suba sus datos en la base de datos de mi banco como el hered=
ero oficial del fondo y le d=E9 m=E1s instrucciones.
Nombre:
Fecha de nacimiento:
Direcci=F3n:
Gracias a medida que env=EDa sus datos para asegurar el =E9xito en esta op=
ortunidad =FAnica en la vida.
Atentamente,
Mr. Matt. Creasey.
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