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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- 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.
- mikejohnsonoop@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Carolina Curtis
Reply-To: mikejohnsonsttx@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:39:43 -0700
Subject: National Lottery Winning Notification
The National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL. United Kingdom
(Customer service) NOTIFICATION DESK
Attention: Email Account Holder,
We are happy to inform you that your email address has emerged winner in th=
e National Lottery Electronic platform email jackpot in our GLOBAL annual r=
andom draw winning promo that took place in Atlanta USA, Your active e-mail=
address attached to our computer data base during the annual random comput=
er draw generated ticket winning number of: 56475600545188 has won =A31.5 m=
illion great British Pounds in the National Lottery second category proport=
ion draw.
For security reasons we advise all winners to keep this information confide=
ntial until they receive you their winning, this is part of our security po=
licy to avoid claiming of your winning by third party with fake identity an=
d by non-participant.
For more details about your winning prize contact Mr. Mike Johnson for imme=
diate processing of your winning by filling in the information below
Full Name :
Home Address :
Gender :
Occupation :
Nationality
Age :
Telephone Number :
Mr. Mike Johnson
Foreign Service Manager
Watford Regional Centre
Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 9RN .ENGLAND
E-mail: mikejohnsonoop@gmail.com<mailto:mikejohnsonoop@gmail.com>
Congratulations
Online Co-coordinator
Teresa Marie Roberts
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Disclaimer- The information in this email is confidential and may be legall=
y privileged. It is intended solely for the address and others authorized t=
o receive it. If you are not the intended recipient any disclosure copying,=
distribution or action taken in reliance on its content is prohibited and =
may be unlawful.
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