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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.
- 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.
- maduekealison.diezani@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Miss Alison Zigmas Mezzanine" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alison.mezzanine@seznam.cz>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:11:04 +0100
Subject: {#hospital )
Hello
My Name is Miss Alison Zigmas Mezzanine a Lithuanian by nationality. I am writing from the hospital in Lutheran Hospital OHIO, this mail is very urgent Because I don't know what tomorrow will be. I was told by my doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver damaged and can only live for some months. I inherited some the sum of €45.900,000,00 Forty Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand Euros) from my late father Professor Zigmas Zinkevicius the former Ministers of Education and a full member of the Republic of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, I can not think of anybody trying to kill me apart from my stepmother in order to inherit the money, she is an Indian by nationality,
Please email me now if you are willing to help me. I will direct You to whom you will contact and help me Receive These money in your country to help the poor. I will compensate you for your help to me. Please don't Ignore this email if it comes to your spam folder. I sent it to 7 email contacts I got online Both different countries. Whoever is willing and serious to help will be Rewarded accordingly .
Miss Alison D.Mezzanine.
Email:::<maduekealison.diezani@gmail.com >
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