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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: "John Mourr" <info@lee.org>
Reply-To: chaseb.ank@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 11:42:34 -0700
Subject: JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York City
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
270 Park Avenue,
Midtown Manhattan
New York City,
Attention:
This is to inform you about your fund which was unfortunately seized by the=
International Monetary Fund (IMF) due to your failure to provide the neces=
sary credentials that state the legitimacy of your fund, the fund was said =
to has been transferred from Bank Of America before it got seized by IMF. P=
resently it is with JPMorgan Chase bank for immediate remittance to your no=
minated bank account, below is the account details we have on our record ki=
ndly reconfirm if all the details are correct and update before we make the=
transfer.
NOTE: No one will ask you for a transfer fee or any form of charge to trans=
fer your fund if it ever happen please report to us because it=2019s never =
from us.
Acct. name: Doreen Koehler.
Bank name: Bank of America
WIRE#026009593
ACC.898046532236
Yours sincerely
John Mour
(917) 900-0351
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