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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:
- "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- 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!
Fraud email example:
From: "EURO MILLIONS UNITED KINGDOM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <euromillions2019@aliyun.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:36:06 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!!
EURO MILLIONS UNITED KINGDOM
REFERENCE NO: TWLK89394
We are happy to inform you via email that your email address emerged
winner in the EURO MILLIONS Lottery Electronic mail jackpot during
National Lottery annual global random draw winning that took place in
UNITED KINGDOM.Your active e-mail address attached to our computer
data base during the annual random draw generated.Winning ticket
number: 19-23-34-37-45 01 07 as winner of 4.5 million Great British
Pounds in the EURO-MILLIONS Lottery second category proportion draw.
For security reasons we advise winners to keep winning information
confidential until they receive their winnings, this is part of our
protective security measures to avoid claiming of your winning by
third party with fake identity. Click on the link below for more prove
about recent and past winners
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/results/euromillions/draw-history
For more details about your winning prize contact the agent Mr.Thomas
Roberts for immediate processing of your winning by filling in the
information below.
Full Name :
Home Address :
Gender :
Occupation :
Nationality
Age :
Phone Number :
Winning Ticket Number:
Email :
Name: Mr. Thomas Roberts
Email: euromillions2019@aliyun.com
Mr. Ricardo Singh
Foreign Service Manager
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Disclaimer- The information in this email is confidential and maybe
legally privileged. It is intended solely for the address and
others authorised to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient
any disclosure copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on
its content is prohibited and may be unlawful.
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