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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:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: CLARIEN BANK <clarienbanktransferdepartment1@miniclean.com.au>
Reply-To: clarienbanktransferdepartment@miniclean.com.au
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:22:21 +0800
Subject: Inheritance payment
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Family Inheritance Payment
I am Bob Wilson,Chief Banking Officer with the Clarien Bank. We have
been authorized by the Federal Reserve Banking system to pay royalties
of deceased service men from world war II.You have been traced as a
possible distant surviving relative to the late Colonel Jordan and
liable to receive $2.5million as inheritance compensation.
If you wish to claim this funds ,kindly revert with your full
names,mailing address and telephone number to my email
(clarienbanktransferdepartment@miniclean.com.au). Further instructions
to receive the payment will be made available to you accordingly.
Thank you for your Co-Operation.
Yours Faithfully
Bob Wilson
Chief Banking Officer
Clarien Bank
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