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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:
- "million dollars" (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.
- ellamarommme3@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Ella marom" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <maromellaaa32@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:31:42 -0700
Subject: Re:Reply me back please
My Dear One in Christ
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am Mrs. Ella Marom,
widow of 52 years until the last Mr. Wong Marom, of Switzerland. Now I
am a new converted Christian, who suffers from long-term breast cancer
and from all indications of my condition really deteriorates and it is
quite obvious that I could not live up to 3 months, according to my
doctors.
This is because the cancer stage has reached a very bad stage. My late
husband died last year, and during the period of our marriage we were
able to produce any child.
My late husband was very rich and after his death I inherited all his
business and wealth; Based on the reports of doctors who could not
live up to three months. The intentions of the family of my late
husband to allow me to die in this condition because I do not have a
child, that is what I pressed for a divine person abroad to make this
claim of 7.2 million dollars that we deposit in a firm company. in the
bank.
I will give you all the information you will need to make this claim
for this fund once you receive a positive response from you and also
your assurance that it will not betray the confidence that I am
resting in you. I am doing this because my family is incredulous and I
will not allow them to inherit this money due to their own
selfishness. I have come to discover that wealth without Jesus Christ
is a vanity.
REPLY HERE AT (ellamarommme3@gmail.com)
Your sister in Christ
I AM SORRY MY MESSAGE CAME WITH SPAM MESSAGE ABOVE AND BELOW MY MESSAGE.PLEASE REPLY ME BACK.
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