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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- pochicaurelie@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Pochic AURELIE" <pochica@eibers.de>
Reply-To: pochicaurelie@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:09:41 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Bonjour
Bonjour Dans le Nom du Christ
Je ne dirais pas longue, Vous aviez honneur à Veuve Pochic AURELIE de nationalité Française et Hospitalisée au Canada. Je soufre d’un cancer de cerveau et mon docteur m'a informé que je ne vivrai plus longtemps. Je désire faire DON de mes biens à une personne physique anonyme comme vous, afin que cette dernière mène des actions sociales à travers une Fondation. Surtout, je recherche une Personne SENSIBLE ou des SERVITEURS de DIEU (Pasteur, Prêtre ou autres). J’ai besoin des prières pour ma santé, écrivez moi pour avoir plus d’informations sur ce DON que je vous fais. Émail: pochicaurelie@yahoo.com
Veuve Aurelie POCHIC.
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