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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: crddv@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:37:19 +0530
Subject: Re
Hello,
We are happy to inform you that your email address was selected as winner of Five hundred and fifty thousand Pounds in our on-going 2017 end of the year online Donation. Your email address was selected from the database of your email service provider, which was picked-out after a random sampling.
To file for your claim of this donation you are therefore advised to reply back to us with your,
Full Names:
Full Address:
Phone Number:
Occupation:
Copy of Identification:
More details view: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35297396
NOTE: THIS EMAIL COULD BE DELIVERED TO YOU EITHER IN YOUR INBOX OR JUNK MAIL DUE TO YOUR NETWORK PROVIDER BUT TREAT AS A MATTER OF URGENCY.
Best of luck,
David and Carol Martin.
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