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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.
- andy.sereno@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "MR. MIKE MAGODO" <"enakkUN."@festa.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MR. MIKE MAGODO" <andy.sereno@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:42:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: For your information
PAYMENT CONCLUDED
We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United Nation secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS Monetary Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their own private accounts.
To forestall this for security reasons, your funds has been recovered and has organized and accredited into BANK DRAFT CHECK for your personal use only so that nobody will gain access to your funds any more and this will enable only you to have direct Control over your funds in the CHECK. We will monitor this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.
You are therefore advice to contact Mr Andy Sereno who is in-charge of your BANK CHECK for further directives on how you should get your Check:
His name: Mr. Andy Sereno
Email andy.sereno@yahoo.com
Tel: 0022961624679
Contact him now and tell him to advise you on how to receive your CHECK.
As soon as you establish contact with him, he will direct you further on how your check can be release to you without any more delay.
When contacting him, contact him with your data as stated below:
1. Your Full Name:
2. Address
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Telephone Numbers:
6. Country:
7. Copy of your ID: Passport for easy identification
NOTE: Value of your bank draft check is $970.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars) only.
You have to hurry up and contact Mr. Andy immediately you receive this mail so that you can claim your check on time before it will get blocked
Congratulations.
FROM UN AMBASSADOR TO BENIN
MR. MIKE MAGODO
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