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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:
- "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)
- "tmreuros2019@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: "EUROMILLIONS UNITED KINGDOM" <info@org.com>
Reply-To: <tmreuros2019@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 09:04:57 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!!
EUROMILLIONS UNITED KINGDOM
Office Address: 61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-
We are happy to inform you via email that your email address emerged winner in the EUROMILLIONS Lottery Electronic mail jackpot during National Lottery annual global random draw winning that took
place in UNITED KINGDOM.Your active e-mail address attached to our computer data base during the annual random draw generated.
Winning ticket number:01 03 16 33 49 02 11 as winnner of £4.5 million Great British Pounds in the EUROMILLIONS Lottery second category proportion draw.
For security reasons we advise winners to keep winning information confidential until they receive their winning, this is part of our protective security measures to avoid claiming of your winning by
third party with fake identity. Click on the link below for more prove about recent and past winners www.national-lottery.co.uk/EuroMillions? For more details about your winning prize contact the agent Thomas Roberts
for immediate processing of your winning by filling in the information below
Full Name :
Home Address :
Gender :
Occupation :
Nationality
Age :
Phone Number :
Email :
Name: Mr. Thomas Roberts
Email: tmreuros2019@outlook.com
Mr. Ausbert Williams
Foreign Service Manager
E-mail: Congratulations
Online Co-coordinator
Thomas Roberts
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Disclaimer- The information in this email is confidential and may
be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the address and
others authorized to 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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