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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.
- raymondansonscapital@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Lerynne West" <inf2o@dgcapilotexams.in>
Reply-To: marellacruisesintl@aol.com
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:00:21 -0800
Subject: Mrs. Lerynne West
I am Mrs. Lerynne West, I am the winner of the $ 343.9M Mega Millions jackpot in November 2018, and I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 2 million dolars for you as part of my charity project to improve the lot of three lucky strangers Individuals from all over the world If you have received this email, then you are one of the lucky recipients.
Contact RaymondandSons Capital based in the United States. I have given instructions to
Transfer this money to you as soon as possible. You can contact RaymondandSons Capital by email [raymondansonscapital@financier.com]
You can verify this by visiting NBC News with the web pages below.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/200m-powerball-jackpot-winner-iowa-comes-forward-plans-use-money-n931531
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