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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: ssgt.mariepnatoja@gmail.com
Reply-To: sgt.mariepantoja@gmail.com
Date: 18 Jan 2020 04:32:03 -0800
Subject: ONLINE SECURITY
Hello,
My name is Marie Pantoja working with the Online security
network. We monitor all activities on the internet in order to
protect people from online scams. We noticed you have been
dealing with some people online for some time now with a promise
of some money coming to you. We noticed you have sent money and
you have been asked for more.
We are here to help you. All I need is your response and I will
let you know how to proceed in order to help uncover the mystery.
Am sure you are surprised how we got your email, like i said
earlier, we monitor all the events going on online in order to
protect people like you and give you appropriate direction so
that you are safe from fraud.
I will give you more details when I hear from you.
Marie Pantoja
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