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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:
- "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs.Juliet Udeh" <puch@newwavecomm.net>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Juliet Udeh" <pilothanna2019@mail2pilot.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 00:17:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Mrs.Juliet Udeh
AM 100% sure for you to receive your
funds this is the only money you have to pay believe me
The fee to open the foreign account with your name in our office will
cost you the sum of $120 USD, May while i will advice you to send the
needed fee through google play card or itune card once you
receive this email so that by tomorrow the account will be open and
you will confirm your funds into your foreign account.
TO OPEN YOUR ONLINE TRANSFER
PAYMENT account sum of $10.5
million usd
Mrs.Juliet Udeh
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