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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- 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 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.
- jamespbell745@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: James Campbell <shemma@catalunyaemail.cat>
Reply-To: jamespbell745@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:23:25 -0500
Subject: THE INTERNATIONAL LETTERY
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THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Dear Email Account Owner
Congratulations!! We are happy to announce that you have won the
International Lottery Award of $4,500,000(FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS)
Your Active Email Address Was Attached To The Computer Generated Ticket
Number: BH 0543267527652 with Reference Number: WW/KA2E454D65 has Won
the NHL second Award.
Contact our NHL agents(Dr. James Campbell) World Wide for claiming of
the prize on Toll-Free Tel: +1 818-584-2890 or Email
jamespbell745@gmail.com
NOTE:
1. The awarded prize can be withheld if our agents suspect any form of
illegal activities via email
2. The award will not be claimed if our terms and conditions are not met
3. The award can not be claimed with people under the age of 18
4. The award can only be claimed seven days after receiving the email
5. The award can only be sent to a verified account only
Thank You And Congratulation Once Again
Yours Faithfully,
Angela Johnson(Online Coordinator)
The International Lottery Promo INC“â€
Please do not reply back to the sender or email address, this
notification is sent automatically via computer virtual notification to
winning email address and a respond will not be attended by Human or
computer, contact the field agent only for claiming prize above
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