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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- 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.
- awardemirate@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: emirategrant@outlook.com
Reply-To: awardemirate@gmail.com
Date: 11 Aug 2017 16:52:30 -0700
Subject: EMIRATE AWARD GRANT
EMIRATE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD
Date 09/08/2017
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 6722/188
Token#: EM8902/LPRC.
Congratulations,
It is our great pleasure to inform you of your prize release 09th
August 2017,from the UNITED ARAB EMIRATE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
BOARD. These lotteries are
fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-
mail addresses. Your e mail address was attached to ticket
number; 89221211 and your winning Token
number is EM8902/LPRC. Your email address have won you $850,000(
Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Of America
Dollars).
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: SIMPLY CONTACT OUR CLAIMs CENTER WITH
YOUR TOKEN# THROUGH EMAIL: emirateaward@toke.com OR
awardemirate@gmail.com
OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT MR. KHAN MAMOOD will guide you on how to lay
claims on your prize.
We wait to hear from you and congratulate you once again.
Thanks.
Your's in Service,
Mrs. Mariam Ali
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