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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: "Smart Option Trade" <sergey@auto-sputnik.ru>
Reply-To: cleopatah@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:49:29 -0800
Subject: We Now Pay Weekly Interest
SMART OPTION TRADE
Join thousands of cryptocurrency traders already in our platform today and trade comfortably like a professional, share trading ideas and learn new trading strategies to maximize your profit.
Enjoy live cryptocurrency trading, instant cryptocurrency exchange and secure wallet for your cryptocurrency storage.
OTHER BENEFITS:
NEW !: You can now earn from $100 - $1,000 weekly as an interest from our trading commissions when you have a minimum balance of 1 BTC and above in your Smart Option Trade wallet.
Enjoy free $10,000 demo credit for trading practice after registration.
$10 minimum deposit.
User friendly interface.
Refer a friend and get a reward.
No document verification required.
Instant deposit and withdrawal.
Easy currency calculator.
More than 3500 cryptocurrencies supported.
Get daily market analysis update.
Get automated trading alerts and notifications on your mobile phones.
24/7 customer support live chat and e-mail.
Secure your account with 2FA security to avoid unauthorised access.
And many more...
The 50% of our commission that we share weekly is a way of providing little support to our platform users due to the volatility and unstable nature of cryptocurrency prices and exchange rates.
HINT: There are so much underlying millions of earned commissions in cryptocurrency trading platforms but many cryptocurrency trading platforms can never share their commissions with you but we are so transparent to the extent of sharing up to 50% of our earned trading commissions with all our eligible platform users that can depsoit to trade, exchange or store a certain required amount of BTC or its equivalent in their Smart Option Trade secure wallet.
Note: The weekly interests are automatically credited into your Smart Option Trade wallet balance which is available for instant withdrawal or used for trading.
Remember that you can still deposit any amount from $10 and above but interests are only paid to those that deposit or have a minimum balance of 1 BTC and above in their Smart Option Trade secure wallet.
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