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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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 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!
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- samsung.prize@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "SAMSUNG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samsung.eu@europe.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 04:03:58 +0100
Subject: Samsung Email Prize ! You Win
**************************DO NOT DELETE THIS MESSAGE****************************
Samsung Europe
Prize Claims Centre
Evert van de Beekstraat 310
1118 CX Schiphol-The Netherlands
www.samsung.com/europe
OFFICIAL WIN NOTIFICATION.
Dear Email Winner:
Email Prize Ticket Number: EU/9627835/WIN.
Congratulations!
Are you the owner of this email?
Samsung Europe congratulates you as one of the lucky winners in
the Samsung Email Ballot. Your email have been officially selected as a winner
in the 2nd category winning prize of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros
and a Samsung Galaxy Note10.
With the introduction of new types of games, with the ushering of online
technology and with the permit issued under EU laws to compete for concession
to run games and give away prizes on the internet.
All contestants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from email addresses from all over the world and your email address
have been selected as one of the 2nd category winner.
Contact:
EU Claims/Notarisation Officer
Igo Jansen (Mr)
Tel: 0031 684420071
Email: samsung.prize@europe.com
For claims and notarisation you must be above 16yrs to fill the below form and send to notaris
contact above:
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First Name:
Last Name:
Occupation:
Address:
Country:
Telephone:
Win Email:
Ticket Number: EU/9627835/WIN
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Claim expiry date is 10th Feb 2020, after this date all winning prizes will be filed as unclaimed.
Keep this email confidential & away from public notice to prevent double
claim or impersonation with your Ticket Number.
Yours Faithfully,
Femke Langhorst.(Cordinator)
Samsung Europe.
© 2020 Samsung Europe. All rights reserved .(Privacy Statement)
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