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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <captaimjosegarcia@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:30:02 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend
I'm an American Soldier Serving Under the 1st Armored division in an advisory
and counter-terrorism capacity and Peace keeping force deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan
from Iraq. Can you be trusted my friend?. I have some important items to ship to you for safe keeping
as long as i am assured that this items will be safe in your care till i complete my service here.
Please get back to me as per for more information
I will be more detailed when i get a response from you on my email.
Regards
Capt Jose Haggard Vazquez
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