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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: Regards <silvana.ceresoli@alice.it>
Reply-To: officeoofficeoffi@web.co.zw
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 17:23:48 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I am very sorry for the long
I am very sorry for the long time which you have been into this transaction
without conclusion, however, I have gotten a perfect arrangement through office
of the presidency of Nigeria.
This arrangement will end every nightmare and hitches which has been the delay
in your payment,I had this discussion with the secretary of the office of the
presidency who assured me that you will receive your fund in a short time if
only the office of the presidency can authorize the payment and order any
foreign bank to release your fund.
He said that through him that the office of the presidency will authorize your
payment and appoint a bank that will locally release the fund to you in USA
through a flexible banking system, I have no doubt about their capability to
make it happen therefore I have given the office of the presidency of Nigeria
your information to contact you for this final payment.
Please your duty this time is to always keep me posted on your arrangement with
them until you receive your money because they can never fail to payment once
you are contacted.
Let me know as soon as you get any message from office of the Nigerian
presidency.
Regards
officeoofficeoffi@web.co.zw
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