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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:
- "frank.con231@gmx.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Frances and Patrick Connolly <emcaminhoestacao@ibirama.sc.gov.br>
Reply-To: frank.con231@gmx.com
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 04:12:38 +0100
Subject: re
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Frances and Patrick Connolly from County Armagh in Northern Ireland. Won
£115M (€127M) from the EuroMillions
lottery jackpot on New Year's Day Lottery draw. therefore giving out
Grant
donation of €2.5Million Euro each to(4)Lucky international recipients
worldwide to show God our appreciation before the year end.
You received this message because you have be listed as one of the
(4)lucky
Individual selected. Kindly visit the link for more details about
Us.(https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46756469).
Respond for more details on how to claim your award via our Email
frank.con231@gmx.com
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