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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- customer.service29@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: marketing@fire-castle.com
Reply-To: dsgsgg@rediffmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 03:12:46 -0700
Subject: ATTN:

Google INC weltweit
Mountain View, Kalifornien,
Vereinigte Staaten
Wir schreiben Ihnen, um Sie dar=FCber zu informieren, dass die Weltbank al=
len Finanzinstituten (Bank) unverz=FCglich den Befehl erteilt hat, alle nic=
ht abgeschlossenen Transaktionen in ihrer Obhut freizugeben. Au=DFerdem sol=
lten Unternehmen und Branchen ihre Mitarbeiter und Kunden palliativ bezahle=
n, um bei der Bek=E4mpfung des Koronavirus zu helfen (COVID-19) und 17.500.=
000 Euro wurden Ihnen nach unserer heutigen elektronischen Verlosung unter =
der E-Mail-Adresse unserer aktiven Kunden zugesprochen.
Dies ist Ihr Identifikationscode: GOOGLE-27-COVID-19-84-294GO und Versiche=
rungscode: GOOGLE-27-COVID-19-OLO752020LL). Leiten Sie es mit den unten ang=
egebenen Details an unser Kundenb=FCro weiter. Wenn Sie weitere Information=
en ben=F6tigen, teilen Sie uns mit, wie Sie Ihr Geld erhalten m=F6chten. Si=
e werden keine Zahlung leisten.
Unterzeichnet,
Dr. Sundar Pichai (C.E.O.) Google Inc.
E-Mail: customer.service29@yahoo.es
Telefon: (650) 253-0001, Fax: (650) 253-0002
************************************************
Copyright =A9 1999-2020 Plasma Net Inc. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.=20

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