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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: =?utf-8?B?TWljaGVsbGUgUGZlaWZmZXI=?=<michellepfeiffer@naver.com>
Reply-To: <michellepfeiffer81@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:30:17 +0900
Subject: =?utf-8?B?SW52ZXN0bWVudCBwcm9wb3NhbCBieSBNaWNoZWxsZSBQZmVpZmZlcg==?=
Investment proposal by Michelle Pfeiffer
It is my pleasure to write you after consideration, since I cannot be able to see you face to face, at first; please I need your help. I am Miss Michelle Pfeiffer the only Daughter of late Mr. Steven Pfeiffer, from Cote d' Ivoire. My father left the sum of $6.8Million for me which he deposited with one of the bank here I am now seeking for your assistance to help me transfer this money out from my country Cote d'Ivoire to your account abroad so that we should invest it in any meaningful and lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope in life. I am willing to offer you 20% of the total fund if only you can help me out of my present predicament.
Please i want you to send me your full details as follows.
(1) Your full name ----------------------------------------
(2) Your Address ----------------------------------------
(3) Your photo --------------------------------------------
(4) Your country -----------------------------------------
(5) Your age ----------------------------------------------
(6) Your occupation -----------------------------------
(7) Your phone number ------------------------------
Please reply to my so that i will give you more details
Yours sincerely,
Michelle Pfeiffer
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