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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "mashreqbankofegypt@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a next of kin scam.
Fraud email example:
From: "MASHREQ BANK OF EGYPT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mashreqinfo@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 07:24:14 -0700
Subject: Attention........
ATTN:
Our Ref: MHQ/04-M/4901 /EGY
On behalf of MASHREQ BANK, I thank you for writing.
It is about your inheritance payment here in our Mashreq Bank of Egypt,
somebody call Mr. Robert Adomeit came to claim your inheritance fund this
morning and said that you authorized him to claim the fund and that he is
your new Next of Kin.
He has provided the whole documentation as to prove that he is your next
of kin, the fund so the fund is yet to be transfer to his account. So that
is the reason why we contacted you to find out whether you are still alive
because he said to us that you are dead yesterday
Will appreciate your trust in banking we us and as our valued client we
assure you of 100% success. Thank you for choosing Mashreq Bank Plc We look
forward to your quick reply
Thank you for banking with us.
Mr. Mohammed Khan
Head of Administration
Reply to this Email: mashreqbankofegypt@yandex.com
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