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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "registration fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Femi Brown <fatih@leventsimsek.com.tr>
Reply-To: info@lucky-petstylegrooming.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:54:22 +0300
Subject: Respond now
“X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - linux.spd.net.tr
X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - nwpwr.com
X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - leventsimsek.com.tr
X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: linux.spd.net.tr: authenticated_id: fatih@leventsimsek.com.tr
X-Authenticated-Sender: linux.spd.net.tr: fatih@leventsimsek.com.tr
X-Source:
X-Source-Args:
X-Source-Dir: â€
X-Spamfilter-host: pascal.junkemailfilter.com - http://www.junkemailfilter.com
X-Key-ID: aW5mb0Bud3B3ci5jb20gZmF0aWhAbGV2ZW50c2ltc2VrLmNvbS50ciAyMDE5LTA2LTE0IDAzOjA3OjQ3LjUyMyAxaGJqN2ItMDAwNGtJLTBO
X-Spam-Class: SPAM-HIGH-VERY - FROM-BL - From domain [leventsimsek.com.tr] is blacklisted - ID=06862-18246 X=pascal H=[185.150.128.61]:54155 HELO=[linux.spd.net.tr] SN=[fatih@leventsimsek.com.tr] T=[info@nwpwr.com] S=[Respond now]
X-Spamsave: Yes - FROM-BL - From domain [leventsimsek.com.tr] is blacklisted - ID=06862-18246 X=pascal H=[185.150.128.61]:54155 HELO=[linux.spd.net.tr] SN=[fatih@leventsimsek.com.tr] T=[info@nwpwr.com] S=[Respond now]
X-Content-flags: africa big-nums compensate dashes doitnow dollar-amt fee fund government home information lotsofmoney money nigeria pay phone promised receive regards registration respond the-sum-of time-ref understand
X-Domain-list: spd.net.tr leventsimsek.com.tr onmydns.com nwpwr.com lucky-petstylegrooming.com idwebhost.id jogjacamp.co.id
X-Sender-Host-Address: 185.150.128.61
X-Sender-Host-Name:
X-Spam-Flag: yes
X-Delivered-To: spam-feed@junkemailfilter.com
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This mail is been writing to you because we have come to understand that
you have lost a lot of money all because you want to receive your fund
well note that all that have been put to a stop as the federal
government of
Nigeria has promised to assist you with the sum of $5million in other to
compensate you and all you have to do is fill the below information s.
1 full name
2 home phone and cell phone number
3 occupation
4 amount that was lost by you
Take note and understand that you are to pay $50 for registration fee in
other for your fund to be released
Send this and get back at once.
Warm regards
Femi
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