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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- frederickjohn32@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: John Frederick <johnfrederick@freemail.hu>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:04:23 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Hall=C3=A5?=
Hallå
Jag heter Frederick John (Advokat) Jag skrev till dig tidigare men det gjorde du inte
svara. Jag behöver din hjälp när jag hämtar mina sena kunders medel
värd (8 500 000 US $) och 250 kilo guld deponeras hos banken
säkerhetsavdelning för säker förvaring. Observera att ditt efternamn liknar
min sena kunds familj efternamn och det var anledningen till att jag har
kontaktade dig för att hjälpa mig att hämta de ofrivna fonderna eftersom banken
har utfärdat mig ett officiellt mandat för att lämna in mottagarens namn för
anspråk eller de kommer att konfiskera och stänga kontot om inget svar.
Om du är intresserad av mer information om denna ömsesidiga vinst
transaktion, vänligen kom tillbaka till mig snabbt. Vår delningsförhållande står
50% -50%.
Skicka din information till mig snabbt.
1) Fullständigt namn ----------------------
2) Skype-adress -----------------
3) Mobilt nummer -----------------
Hälsningar
Frederick John
Email .. (frederickjohn32@gmail.com)
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