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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: "Mrs, Susan Paulson" <filee7093@gmail.com>
Reply-To: compensationfund@workmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 05:18:41 -0400
Subject: Attention Dear Beneficiary
This is to inform you that (IMF) of Kenya Republic has deposited the sum
of $8.5 million as your scam victim compensation in ATM Card to be
delivered to you and it has been ordered you must provide your full
information's correctly to us to verify with the information's we have for
best delivery without anymore delay this year 2020 as your fund awarded to
transfer to you.
Kindly provide the below information to ATM agent immediately and you can
as well call her on (+12028588916) for urgent notification.
Your name..........
Country..............
Address.................
phone number...............
Be advise to contact the delivery agent as soon as possible and bear it in
mind that you can only be withdrawn $15,000 dollars daily from any ATM
center that was the arrangement of your daily payment this year.contact
the below person to attend to you.
Contact person
Mrs, Susan Paulson. ATM agent
phone number (+12028588916)
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