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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: noreply@loteriasyapuestas.es
Reply-To: informaction@protonmail.com
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:24:26 +0300
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Loter=C3=ADa_Nacional?=
Loter=EDa Nacional Company.
Website: http://www.loteriasyapuestas.es
Your Winning Details.
Ref No: JCI/792-6/17
Batch No: 0626/5257IO.
Your email account was electronically picked up for an award Sweepstakes p=
rize for (Two Million, Eight Hundred & Twenty Thousand Euro Only) in The Lo=
ter=EDa Nacional company, with the winning details stated above. For enquir=
ies/claim procedure, email or fax the underlisted information with your abo=
ve winning details to our claims processing dept stated below.
* Full Name:
* Contact Address:
* Telephone/Fax Number:
* Sex:
* A valid Government approved proof of identification (Passport or
Driver's license) via email attachment or fax number below.
Contact Person: =
Mr.Alexander Gonzalez
For: Claims Processing Dept.
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
Tel: +34-602817364
Fax: +34-917905009
Email: informaction@protonmail.com
Disclaimer:
This is a Promotional Sweepstakes Program and our winner=2019s emerges by l=
uck and should you decide not to claim the prize funds, then kindly ignore =
its content and delete it from your email box.
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