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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: "DR. DAVID JACKSON" <admin@phuket.ai>
Reply-To: infomoneysecureunit@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 02:08:39 -0700
Subject: GOOD MORNING
DEAR,
I AM SPECIAL AGENT DAVID JACKSON, AM HERE TO INVESTIGATE THE
FRAUDSTERS WHO ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SWINDLING FOREIGNERS THAT ARE
HERE FOR TRANSACTION WITH THE HELP OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND I WISH TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED
THE SCAN COPY OF YOUR ATM MASTER CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,5M USD WHICH
I SENT TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS YESTERDAY AND THIS APPROVED ATM MASTER
CARD INCLUDES YOUR FUND INTEREST AMOUNT FOR THIS YEARS AWAITING,SO
REPLY ME NOW TO CONFIRM IT OKAY.
NOTE THAT THIS SAID ATM MASTER CARD CAN BE USED IN ANY ATM MECHINE
WORLD WIDE WHICH YOU CAN WITHDRAW US$5000 DAILY.
I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST.
THANKS,
DR. DAVID JACKSON
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