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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "dr.marta2017@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "dr.marta2017@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr.Kacznyski" <e09fei0154b@sepdf.gob.mx>
Reply-To: dr.marta2017@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:32:11 +0200
Subject:
*Greetings to you dear! My name is Marta Suha Kaczynski and a Muslim woman
and a citizen of Poland.*
*I am writing you this mail as Muslims family to tell you a short story of
my life after my late parents were killed by enemy on 10th April
2010 in a plane crash in Russian and it is after they death I was
converted Islam’s as a Muslim and that make this my wicked uncle
Mr.Jaroslaw Kaczynski who hates Muslims as his excuses and the
opportunity to seize all I inherited from my late parents. My dear Muslim
family, please I am writing you this message to request your urgent
assistance in transferring sum of $7.5 million us-dollars into your country
and my late father Mr. Lech Kaczynski deposited this funds with my name in
UK London and I want to help me invest into a real estate’s investments or
any investments you know better that can profit us in future. If you are
interested helping me and my two little daughters please send me your
private mobile phone number and your passport scan copy and I am willing to
give 35% of my total funds as your share, while 65% will be for me and my
two little daughters.*
*E-mail; dr.marta2017@outlook.com <dr.marta2017@outlook.com>*
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