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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: yunnansteel@rediffmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:14:03 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: Work With Us.
Our Company Yunnan Copper Industry (Group) Co., Ltd, based in India is
in search of a competent Corporate Individual or Company/Firm that will be responsible in
handling funds as our ''Representative Manager'' in the United
States/Canada region. If interested kindly email our Human Resources
Department for more description of the job, compensations and monthly salary involved.
Note: It is a part time job that won't interrupt your present work or
business. Also please note especially that we will require a Company/Business Account where the
payments from our clients will be sent to for you to help us receive.
Looking forward to your response.
PLEASE IGNORE IF THIS IS NOT YOUR DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS AND ALSO
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS!
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